The food, Dolan said, wasn't great. And yet, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the former head of the Washington, D.C., Archdiocese, said... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) WILTON GREGORY: This is one of ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru ...

VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost, seated beneath Michelangelo’s monumental fresco of the Last Judgement, buried his head in his hands as the sound of his name echoed off the walls of the ...

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo described Pope Leo XIV as a “solid, discreet, and good worker” and expressed confidence that the new pontiff will continue to be “bold” in addressing the ...

There was a New York City “kingmaker” in the papal conclave. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan played a decisive role in paving the way for Pope Leo XIV to become the first American pontiff ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, became the first African-American cardinal when he was elevated to the rank in October 2020 by Pope Francis, the popular pontiff who died last month at age 88.

During the conclave itself, Gregory said Leo engaged in conversations with members of the clergy in "smaller groups," specifically during meal times and coffee breaks. U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory and other clergy leave the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in 2019. Jose Luis Magana/AP Among the 133 cardinals to assemble in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, also a South Side native, spoke about their experience in the conclave and electing the first American pope, Leo XIV, who is from this city.

Until Thursday. The cardinal electors gathered for the papal conclave elected an American from among their own ranks on Thursday to serve as the new pontiff. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

Only John, Gregory and Benedict have proven more popular ... which the 133 voting cardinals – including Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV – passed through as they proceeded into the ...