The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...

I almost passed out twice – twice – because to be living next to the pope, that’s real serious,” Kareem Davis told WBBM ...

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, ...

It's the biggest victory for the struggling Chicago White Sox in a long time: Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan.

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

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 ...

In his first formal audience Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope ...

A top candidate seen by many Vatican observers as having been the likely next pope said on Saturday that he was satisifed ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has been the topic of sports rumors since he was appointed, due to his Chicago roots, as he is a known White Sox fan.

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.