Though he spent much of his life abroad, the new Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, hails from the Chicago area, ...

Prevost, a member of the Augustinian religious order, lived for years in Peru first as a missionary and then as an archbishop ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

In his first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit ...

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

Among the thousands of faithful celebrating in the square the election of the new pope were many from the United States, some ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday his country wanted to develop relations with Russia, and he derided European ...

I don’t know if you’ve heard already, but there’s a new pope in town. Not only is he American — the first U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church — but he’s also from Chicago, which is close enough to ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and ...

In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...