How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

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

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

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

We’re in for a whole new era of papal celebrity and fandom with an American pontiff being selected in the age of TikTok.

When Pope Leo XIV was elected as the late Pope Francis’ successor, Harry Styles was one of the many in the crowd present for ...

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

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

The elevation of Chicago-native Robert Francis Prevost appeared to come from a confluence of factors, analysts said.

It was the ring from a call unlike the many others coming into John Prevost's suburban Chicago home that led an AP ...

The College of Cardinals selected its first Chicago-style pope, and the internet is already making memes, edits and merch.