"We are simply overjoyed," said Sister Barbara Reid, president of Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, where Pope Leo ...

W.Va., introduces a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.

Italians — and Romans in particular — have had mixed responses to the so-called “American pope.” Most are cautiously ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

ABC7's Liz went out to find Chicagoans visiting St. Peter's Square and some of Pope Leo's favorite local shops.

Here’s a big “Amen, Lord!” for that rare local tie. One day he’ll be sainted; For now, Leo’s our guy. So God bless and ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich got off the plane from Rome in Chicago Monday night, but there is not time to rest just yet.

After playing the National League powers in the first quarter of the season, the Chicago Cubs have a chance for a nice, long ...

White smoke poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome on Thursday, announcing that a new pope had been chosen. Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal from the Chicago region ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

First, he was elected to be the Catholic Church’s new pope. Then, he took down LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama. No, Pope ...