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

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

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

Pope Leo XIV will soon receive a massive gold ring, opulent papal apartments and a lavish bulletproof car — a far cry from his humble missionary work and upbringing in suburban Chicago.

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV could continue in his predecessor's footprints as the steward of the environment of the Catholic Church.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have arisen against priests ...

We were waiting with bated breath to see what would happen,” the Very Rev. Anthony Benedetto Pizzo said, speaking from ...

The election of a new pope is always a massive world news event, and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost being elected as the first American pope — he'll go by Pope Leo XIV — is even more newsworthy. But ...

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they will get used to his new title, Pope Leo XIV.

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

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.