For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long-shot favorite, precisely because he ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as “Father Bob” in Chicago, is a White Sox fan, a naturalized citizen of Peru and ...

Pope Leo XIV is fast becoming an icon in Chicago, bringing hope that he will shine light on working class heroes everywhere.

Initial suspicion understandably revolved around the fact that Prevost is more than likely a fan of the North Siders at Wrigley Field as Cubs fans were ready to claim him as one of their own. "He was ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting ...

Robert Prevost, the latest — and first American — pope was raised in the Chicago area, where his childhood home was recently ...

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.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pope who belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine, whose principles, priests say, offer a window ...

COMMENTARY: Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being Peter is different than being Simon.