Chicagoans celebrated the rise of one of their own to the papacy, including those in the city’s strong Irish-American ...

THE NEWLY ELECTED Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is the Catholic Church’s first ever pope to come from the ...

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday (May 9), he spoke a few words in English ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, has become the first American pope. Known for his active presence on X, he ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Father Gerry Waterman said his Syracuse University congregation erupted when they learned Pope Leo XIV ...

Data from the Pew Research Center shows 20% of Americans identify as Catholic. One priest says that number could rise.

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...