Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother ...

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How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

Robert Prevost, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, was not among the top contenders, making his selection a relative surprise.

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...