Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

Seniors at St. Rita High School on Chicago's Southwest Side were given a pretty straightforward assignment this week: choose ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

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

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, Chicago sports fans wonder if he will bless the city's struggling ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

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

When white smoke billowed from the chimneys of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the habemus papam announcement revealed Robert ...

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...