Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

But he has the patience of a saint.” “Hey Chicago, He’s a Sox fan!” reads the White Sox scoreboard after Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, was chosen as the 267th pontiff on May 8 ...

Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — has been welcomed with American capitalism in his home city, with ...

Patrick Feltz, 28, of Villa Park, sports his homemade pope hat while waiting to enter Rate Field in Chicago for a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins on May 10, 2025. It ...

Cobb County's Michael Winters texted congratulations to his grade-school classmate. A few hours later, he got a thank you message with the signoff, Bob Prevost and Leo XIV.