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

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a ...

After multiple votes over two days, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was raised in Chicago, has been elected as the first-ever ...

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

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

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion wafers shall be ...

The day before, Cupich witnessed history as a member of the conclave that selected Chicago-born missionary Robert Francis Prevost as the first American pope. As the archbishop of Chicago looked ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson praised the selection of Chicago native, Cardinal Robert Prevost, as the new pope of the ...

As the red velvet curtains at the Vatican parted, a priest realized that his college pal from the South Side of Chicago that ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days ...

An hour after white smoke billowed from the Vatican, newly minted Pope emerged on the historic balcony to the world & 1.4 ...