The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

Pope Leo XIV sidesteps revealing his favorite Italian soccer club during a meeting with Napoli, sparking speculation about ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next leader. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Nagy and an ...

Born in Chicago as Robert Prevost in 1955, the new pope for the past decade has held dual citizenship in the U.S. and Peru, ...

President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in an address that honored the military yet also briefly veered into ...

The smallest country in the World, the Vatican City is full of incredible things to do and sites to see. From St. Peter's ...

An open-topped popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV drove through St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday morning, ahead of ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

The new pope will preside over an inauguration Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

VATICAN CITY — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to ...