Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American Pope to the Catholic Church on May 8- surprising many across the U.S., ...

The debate over Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team has swept Chicago into a fierce debate over the Cubs and Sox ...

“The crime of aggression is sometimes referred to as the ‘mother of all other crimes’ because it precedes all of the other ...

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

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship accused Columbia ...

The newly elected pope said in a 2024 interview that he played tennis in his free time but did not mention the trombone.

The election of an American as pope is being recognized as a historic choice, but Chicago-born Robert Prevost represents another notable departure from pontiffs of the past.

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is urging the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, to create a "universal zero ...

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

Tears swelled in Nancy Eder’s eyes when she found out Robert F. Prevost was elected as the Vatican’s first American pope and ...

Rev. John Leo Oduor, a Roman Catholic priest in Central New York, knew the man who would become Pope Leo XIV while studying ...