Robert Prevost is the first North American to be elected pope. A symbolic and historic choice for the Catholic Church, his ...

Assessing the impact of the Catholic Church's first American pope was front and center at the 106th annual meeting of the ...

Before Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, there was almost nothing published about his life growing up here. So, we pulled ...

Over the course of Thornton Township High School woodworking teacher Lamont Bibbie’s 39-year career, crafting and painting ...

Leo's comments were part of an address that is sometimes called the pope's "state of the world" speech. It was the first ...

The Pope, formerly known as Robert Prevost, studied at the Immaculate Conception Church, St Louis, Missouri, between 1977 and ...

Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own ...

Pope Leo condemned militarism in diplomacy and urged the protection of human rights, notably in Venezuela, during his first ...

Pope Leo met on Thursday with the world's Catholic cardinals as part of a two-day summit, urging the senior clerics to shun ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his most forceful rebuke yet of abortion and surrogacy Friday, categorically rejecting both practices.

Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and ...