The rite of the closing of the coffin took place at 8 p.m. local time Friday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, officials said. During the rite, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, interim manager of the Vatican ...

The death of Pope Francis initiates a centuries-old process of rituals and traditions culminating with a conclave to choose his successor.

Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope on May 8, following Pope Francis’ death on April 21. The ...

according to the Rev. Stan Chu Ilo of DePaul University, who has written books about Pope Francis and worked with several members of the College of Cardinals, in part because that the group of U.S ...

CHICAGO -- Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday ... but also the diversity in the world," Father Stan E Lu said. "So I think he's your typical DEI Pope.

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

The Rev. Stan Chu Ilo of DePaul University met Francis in 2022 as part of a massive Catholic outreach project the pope undertook. “He truly embodies a servant’s role at the existential ...

The successor of Pope Francis has been selected. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope. According to the Vatican, he will go by Leo XIV. Here's what we know. The newly elected ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last month at the age of 88 set off grief and mourning around the world ...