Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of ...

The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

Get to know Eddie Schmit, the young White Sox fan who sat next to Pope Leo XIV at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.

Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history. Learn why Black Catholics have hope for his papacy.

State Sen. Howard Marklein and State Rep. Mark Born, the Republican co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, say the GOP ...

For over two thousand years, the papacy has been shaped by the bloodlines of Europe, an uninterrupted stream of spiritual authority flowing from Rome, passing through German, Polish, and Argentine ...

CHICAGO - Pope Leo XIV was named the new leader of the Catholic Church, the first American pontiff and the pride of Chicago; a southwest suburbs was named one of the most affordable U.S. cities; and ...

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 ...

THE CARDINALS ELECTING A NEW POPE THURSDAY. MOMENTS LATER, FORMER CARDINAL ROBERT PRÉVOST EMERGING AS POPE LEO THE 14TH. THE 69 YEAR OLD IS THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE HERE IN CHICAGO. I TALKED WITH ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first ...

The following is the transcript of the full interview with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, a portion of which aired on ...