How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he ...

Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, became the first pope from the United States. Now, Chicago businesses are getting in on the ...

John Rau, who led two venerable Chicago financial institutions and also was the dean of Indiana University’s business school, ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

The man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal and controversial Catholic leaders ever. Leo’s own politics are thought to be ...

We’re in for a whole new era of papal celebrity and fandom with an American pontiff being selected in the age of TikTok.

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

John Prevost told "CBS Mornings" he found out his brother was the next pope with everyone else – after hearing his name ...

With the news of Robert Prevost's election, Chicago fans are having a hay day with the potential for some classic Pope Leo XIV sports betting. For one fan, "The Pope Parlay" has been set in motion, ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...