Chicago Catholic school students’ mock conclave – CBS News Watch CBS News Students at a Catholic school in Chicago had reason to celebrate during their mock conclave. CBS News Chicago’s Noel Brennan has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source…
Vatican City — Of the 266 popes who have led the Catholic Church, not one of them had been from the United States. 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 was elected and accepted his…
As the conclave to select a new pope begins this week, LGBTQ Catholics hope that whoever is picked will finish the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community. He didn’t change…