The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

The announcement of the first U.S.-born pope is important for all Americans but resonates especially strongly in Chicago and its larger community, known locally as Chicagoland. Born on the city’s ...

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

El Papa León XIV es el tipo de líder que la Iglesia Católica necesita ahora más que nunca. La dinámica familiar ha cambiado.

Tickets go on sale on Friday for the Rate Field celebration where Pope Leo XIV will greet Chicago for the first time.

While growing up in the Chicago area, Robert Prevost often played “pretend priest,” his older brother, John Prevost, recalled. The younger brother would set up a table draped in a white cloth ...

Rate Field will host a unique Mass to honor U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, a White Sox fan, with tickets on sale for $5.

The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up has taken steps to acquire his humble childhood home before the property can be sold off to the highest bidder at a planned auction. Pope Leo, who was ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

Tickets for the Chicago Archdiocese’s celebration of Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field on June 14 sold out quickly Friday, sparking a surge in resales on the secondary market.

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...