Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with complicity from elements in Rome: ‘He has suffered greatly during the last year be ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Bishop Robert Prevost, confronts the Vatican's significant financial challenges, including a structural deficit and pension shortfall. His American background is expected to ...

The day of his election, ABC News seemingly misreported that Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, had grown up a Chicago Cubs fan during its live ... began learning more about his suburban ...

How these Chicago nuns use sports to spread their message of service: "When we band together, we’re powerful." ...

Gov. JB Pritzker announces his campaign for a third term as Illinois governor during a campaign rally at Crossing Park Field House at 7655 S. Ingleside Ave. in Greater Grand Crossing, Thursday, June ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac and Madonna.

"For Catholics in this country, I think there is a blessing in welcoming a pope for whom we may have a natural affinity but who we know little about," Matt ...