The elevation of Chicago-native Robert Francis Prevost appeared to come from a confluence of factors, analysts said.

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

In the six years since a team of Chicago Police officers incorrectly served a search warrant at the Near West Side home of ...

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

The man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal ...

Pope Leo was among several cardinals who turned to the film “Conclave” for pointers prior to the start of the election this ...

John Rau, who led two venerable Chicago financial institutions and also was the dean of Indiana University’s business school, ...

We’re in for a whole new era of papal celebrity and fandom with an American pontiff being selected in the age of TikTok.

When white smoke billowed from the chimneys of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the habemus papam announcement revealed Robert ...

When Pope Leo XIV was elected as the late Pope Francis’ successor, Harry Styles was one of the many in the crowd present for ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, ...

Election records earlier reported by CBS News reveals how often the new pope has voted in the past. The records, from the service L2 Data, showed that he voted in the 2024 election but that he had not ...