Pope Leo XIV's mother, Mildred Martínez, has Spanish roots, per Vatican News. She was born in Chicago in 1912, according to ...

The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

"Shock and awe, we heard them read the name so we knew it was coming and then to see him, it all hit home and became real," ...

Multiple outlets reported this week that the maternal grandparents of Robert Prevost were described as people of color in ...

Iconic Chicago restaurant chain Portillo's has renamed its Italian beef sandwich to "The Leo" in honor of the new pope, who ...

Nazareth Academy President Deborah Tracy said Pope Leo XIV will continue work inline with Nazareth and the Sisters of St.

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where Pope Leo XIV once attended church and "probably where he first felt God’s ...

Hello everyone, I’m Dan Lucy on your Ozarks First digital desk. Thursday was a big day for myself and Catholics around the ...

Portillo's is coming to a Villages neighborhood. And the menu might include an homage to newly elected Pope Leo XIV, a native Chicagoan.

Pope Leo XIV's older brother, Louis Prevost, has been living in Florida for about four years and couldn't be more proud of his sibling's elevation to the papacy.