The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

South Philadelphia pastor Rev. Paul Galetto once lived with Pope Leo XIV at a home for the Augustinian order in the city of ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Francis Prevost has been elected as the new pope, Leo XIV, and the internet made many memes celebrating ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Everyone’s question — every cardinal’s question — before this week’s conclave concerned continuity with or divergence from ...

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

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...

Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting ...

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