A day after the Vatican shocked the world by electing Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal who spent most of his ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

Chants of "Viva el Papa" rang out in Thursday night's Thanksgiving Mass. "A new era has dawned. God is with us," the ...

However, it would be a mistake to let Leo XIV be defined by his critics alone. He reminds us that no human is infallible, not even the pope. He is a man elevated by faith and shaped by service. And ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston, told the reporters that while the cardinals chose a pope who is a U.S. citizen, “he’s really a citizen of the entire world since he ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is getting lots of love from his hometown. Following his ascension to the papacy, memes and videos popped up all over social media, linking the new pope to the Windy ...

For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long-shot favorite, precisely because he ...

Affiliate station WGN in Chicago spoke with the new pope’s brother, John Prevost, to discuss the issue of what baseball team the family supported.

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

One of the debates swirling around Pope Leo XIV’s papacy doesn’t deal with religion at all. Instead, it deals with sports, ...