Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago will help elect the next pope, marking his first time participating in a papal conclave.

Carrie Banks has been fired as Omaha women’s basketball coach after five straight losing seasons. The Mavericks were 14-17 overall last season and tied for seventh in the nine-team Summit League at ...

From Rome to right here in the Capital City, Catholics are now in the nine days of mourning that follow the passing of a pontiff after Pope Francis died Monday.

Archbishop Lucas presided over a special mass this morning at St. Cecilia Cathedral Monday morning. Currently, there is no ...

The Archdiocese of Omaha has reacted after the announcement of the death of Pope Francis on Monday. Archbishop George Lucas ...

Francis will leave behind a legacy as a "pope of the people," said Conley, who joined other Catholic leaders and Nebraska officials in paying tribute to the late pontiff after his death was announced ...

Cardinal Blasé Cupich, archbishop of Chicago and an Omaha native, said in a statement released by his office that the death ...

Cupich was born in Omaha and ordained to the priesthood of the Archdiocese of Omaha in 1975. In 2014, he was appointed as Archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis, and then in 2016, the pope elevated ...

Pope Francis appointed then-Bishop Richard Henning of Providence to succeed Cardinal Seán O’Malley in the Archdiocese of ...

An Omaha police officer has been terminated for his role in the killing of an unarmed 37-year-old man inside a north-central Omaha home last summer. Adam Vail’s termination stems from when he ...