American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

Chicago native Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost had been a long shot to people keeping track of the conclave, but ...

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

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

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

The Fox Sports camera could have panned to any fan during the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series; it randomly ...

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