Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV will be installed Sunday morning at 3 a.m. Chicago time. Slated to attend are Vice President JD Vance, Secretary ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV will officially begin his papacy this morning as he presides over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine at his inaugural mass.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of ...

Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.

Pope Leo XIV’s old community of Dolton is finding hope in his election after years of violence and corruption for the suburb ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield released a statement expressing profound joy and deep gratitude to ...

Globally, everyone is reacting to the newly-appointed Pope in the Catholic Church, and bishop of Rome. On Thursday, it was ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV as the first-American pontiff shocked the world, and Chicago residents rejoiced in the Holy ...

Whitey Rigsby had just landed in Chicago to attend a Villanova function and was still on the plane when his wife, Becky, ...