The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike were abuzz with excitement in Chicago May 8, after one of the city’s native sons became ...

Pope Leo XIV's journey from Chicago to Chiclayo, Peru, and finally to the Vatican will be chronicled in a new book by ...

Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost was introduced to the crowd, in Vatican City, as Pope Leo XIV. He is also a citizen of Peru, and ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV calls for global peace and references conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza during his first Sunday ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...