A joyous glow filled the inside of Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, marking the first Sunday with a new Holy Father.

The faithful gathered for Sunday Mass for the first time since Chicago native Robert Prevost was selected as the next pontiff. His election marks a meaningful new chapter for the church nationwide.

ROME— The newly elected Pope Leo XIV will follow in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis but will not be a “photocopy” or a ...

Sport is religion in Chicago. The biggest question locals had here once Cardinal Robert Prevost became the new pope was which ...

Nearly 55 years ago, a young Pope Leo XIV would’ve walked the grounds around the Felt Mansion during the estate’s time as the ...

Gazing at the camera with his hair neatly parted, tie tightened up to his collar and a twinkle in his eye, the boy looked every inch a clean-cut Catholic school student. To his friends, Robert Prevost ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV and the first American in history elected pope on the 4th ballot by ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...