LINCOLN — Five years after closing its doors, the Nebraska Capitol's gift shop re-opened for the public.

Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV Monday, a day after the pope's Inauguration Mass of his pontificate.The Holy See's Dicastery for Communication ...

Carly Pearce concluded her "Hummingbird World Tour" with a memorable performance at the Ryman Auditorium. The show featured a surprise appearance by Little Big Town and the unveiling of a Dolly ...

The Issue: The election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the next pope of the Catholic Church. We now have an American pope in Robert Francis Prevost (“Chicago pope,” May 9).

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome ...

He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church. "This is the first greeting of the ...

Everyone loves the Chicago pope, but few people are more excited about Pope Leo XIV than Stephen Colbert. The CBS host channeled his former “Colbert Report” persona on Thursday night as he ...

Yesterday, the world was introduced to the newest leader of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV aka Robert Francis Prevost. He was elected after just two days and was born in Chicago, making him the ...

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel’s chimney on the evening of May 7, signaling the conclave’s 133 cardinals did not decide on a new pope. (Photograph by Carly Philpott ’27) For this Short Term ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first-ever pope from the U.S., after 133 cardinals selected him from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome on May 8.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000 ...