Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.” ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

Pope Leo XIV graduated from Villanova University near Philadelphia, mere miles from Trump's college, Wharton School at the ...

A story you may have heard claims Pope Leo XIV was caught on camera attending the 2005 World Series. It's true. Robert ...

To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.

Most Rev. Jeffrey S. Grob will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist ...

Before he became Pope Leo XIV, he signed a proclamation honoring two local parishioners. Now, decades later, their daughter ...

Rev. Joseph Mostardi was watching TV in Ocean City, New Jersey, when he saw Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as Pope Leo ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...

Once loyal Chicagoans got over the double shock of hearing that a local native, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has been named the ...