Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...

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When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

"We have to look together how to be a missionary church, building bridges, dialogue, always open to receiving with open arms ...

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

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

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

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...