Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

Pope John Paul II arrived in the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 — touching down in Boston, and stopping in New York, ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s ...

So what can we expect from Prevost? His Augustinian roots suggest discipline and seriousness. And his Chicago roots, say we, ...

Then he did something notably uncharacteristic of Pope Francis. He sang. “Hallelujah,” he intoned reverently, in Latin. The ...

"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is ...

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Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from ...

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...