The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, painted a picture of the Catholic Church he would like to see, ...

Catholics around the world are celebrating the historic appointment of Pope Leo XIV, especially in Chicago, where many feel a close connection to the new leader of the church, who has ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history's first American pope.

The reaction among church leaders to the news of Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost being named the first American pope ...

Holy Cross Lutheran Church & School has acquired a 40-acre parcel of land in McCordsville, which officials say is earmarked ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

A priest reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...