Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV May 8, 2025. First US pope graduated from Villanova University, mere miles from Wharton School.

Pope Leo has issued a call to “disarm words” in a veiled swipe at US president Donald Trump during his first address to ...

Robert Francis Prevost was a relatively low-profile cardinal from Chicago. But on May 8, the 69-year-old stunned the world ...

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

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

Sox fans jumped on the news, posting tweets that the Cubs’ claim was premature. If it’s true he’s a Sox fan, Pope Leo XIV ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

We’re learning a lot more about the new pope from those who know him well: family, friends and fellow missionaries.

As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, Chicago sports fans wonder if he will bless the city's struggling ...