Eric Killelea

3 days ago | chron.com | Eric Killelea

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV.

5 days ago | chron.com | Eric Killelea

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris has resigned after admitting to molesting a young girl in the 1980s. Gateway ChurchThe disgraced former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris made his first appearance before a judge on Friday morning in an Oklahoma court,  facing charges of sexual abuse of a child in the 1980s.

6 days ago | chron.com | Eric Killelea

Catholics across Texas cheered as they watched news coverage of white smoke emerge from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, a sign that a gathering of cardinals in the conclave had finally chosen a new pope on Thursday—selecting the first American pope in the Roman Catholic Church's 2,000-year history.   The new pope is Robert Prevost, and he will be known as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th pontiff of the global church with 1.4 billion members.

6 days ago | chron.com | Eric Killelea

Students at Houston's University of St. Thomas gather for mass, sharing special prayers as the conclave begins to select the next pope. Courtesy of Caroline PayneA memorial Mass for Pope Francis at the Chapel of St. Basil. The presentation in Jones Hall on the secretive conclave. A candlelit adoration on campus for Francis and the more than 130 cardinals responsible for selecting the next pope.

1 week ago | chron.com | Eric Killelea

Texas politicians on the left and the right have joined together to support a surprising new bipartisan cause. Bo Zaunders/Getty ImagesState Rep. Carry Isaac, a Republican from Dripping Springs, has garnered bipartisan support to an effort to designate the month of April as a Christian-themed "Promise Month" through the Texas legislative session, making it clear that an increasing number of state politicians believe that God has a place in politics.