Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV. A Chicago native, Prevost is the first American to head the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost was elected by Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home just outside of Chicago has been declared a historic landmark. The board of trustees of the ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion wafers shall be deep dish, ...

The American pontiff has rebuked the White House over its treatment of immigrants and the potential invasion of Venezuela.

Months after purchasing the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton has voted to designate it as an offiial ...

New recordings of church officials spurred the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, to file an updated ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was granted an audience with fellow Illini Pope Leo XIV, where the two exchanged gifts and discussed their collective criticisms of President Donald Trump’s "Operation Midway ...

When Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday, he gifted the pontiff a four-pack of “Da Pope.” It is an American Mild Ale from Burning Bush Brewery and was one of ...