VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...

The Catholic Church made history Thursday with the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. The moment carried ...

The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent ...

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

It was initially reported that the new pope was a Cubs fan, but his brother corrected the record in an interview with WGN-TV.

“I think the pope should be focusing on the Bulls because they’ve got the [NBA Draft] lottery,” Counsell said. “First pick in ...

This intersection of faith and fandom is the kind of bit that only baseball can provide. The new pope is a White Sox fan — documented and witnessed. Cubs fans might grumble, but for a franchise ...

Louis Prevost is equal parts excited, mind blown and a little worried about how the papacy will impact his relationship with ...

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where ...