New Yorkers and tourists alike are flocking to churches across New York City and the Tri-State to celebrate the news of the first pope from the United States.

Pope Francis' funeral took place in Rome early Saturday morning and was watched by the entire world — including in New York City where many Catholics embraced the Pope's reforms to the church.

Here's when masses will take place this evening at NJ and NYC's Catholic churches to celebrate Pope Francis' successor.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants ...

As people around the world watched Pope Francis' funeral, worshippers of all faiths attended a Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City to honor the late pontiff. The Mass on Saturday ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pope in the many centuries since Catholicism was introduced to the U.S. As ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Robert Prevost has been named the new pope. But why did he opt to select the title Leo XIV? Here's a closer look at its history.

White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside ...

the archbishop of New York, at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday morning. The cardinal will be part of the conclave that will soon pick the next pontiff after Pope Francis.