So far, however, only the Township Council has made a call, narrowly passing a first reading April 30 on a proposal to buy Christ Episcopal Church’s property or take it by eminent domain.

has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The new pope is expected to make his first public appearance Thursday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” From the ...

“Francis did well in opening the church to the outside world ... of each round of balloting and write them on a separate sheet of paper, which is preserved in the papal archives.

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-year history of the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ...

He brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

The Catholic church has a new leader, Robert Cardinal Prevost, after four rounds of voting, making history as the first U.S. pontiff and taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The papal conclave was ...