IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns, and martyred missionaries ...

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns, and martyred missionaries ...

A photo shared by the Chicago Sun-Times shows Pope Leo XIV attending the 2005 World Series, where the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in four games to win the championship.

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday… ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first ever U.S. pope .

Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the centuries-old secret voting ritual to elect a new pope to ...