After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

Dolton residents and officials hope native Robert Prevost’s election as pope will improve an image soured by Mayor Tiffany ...

Chicagoans have predictably reacted in grandiose fashion with humor and genuine affection for South Sider Robert Prevost as ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...