A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Born in the Windy City in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ...

Since Robert Prevost is a Chicago native, baseball fans were eager to learn which baseball team the new pontiff supports.

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as “Father Bob” in Chicago, is a White Sox fan, a naturalized citizen of Peru and ...

Following the papal conclave’s historic selection, Cardinal Blase Cupich declared Chicago should be “proud to have produced” ...

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 ...

Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, became the first pope from the United States. Now, Chicago businesses are getting in on the ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...