The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark status for both the home and the abandoned St. Mary's of Assumption church ...

A new book suggests Chicago-born Robert Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, has been selected as the new pope and taken the name Leo XIV. White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday after Prevost secured at least 89 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, whose papal name will be Pope Leo XIV, has become the first North American pope. Cardinal Prevost, 69, who was born in Chicago, spent years in Peru, first as a missionary ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named the bishop of Rome and will take the name Pope Leo the XIV. He was elected during the third round of voting among the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has chosen the papal title of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been named as the first American to serve as the Pope. He has been elected as Pope Leo XIV and emerged onto the balcony to an eruption of applause while people could be ...

Robert Prevost's election as the new pope marks the first time a person from the United States was selected as the head of the Roman Catholic faith. Here's what to know about where previous popes ...