Dolton residents, officials hope native Robert Prevost’s election as pope will improve an image soured by Mayor Tiffany Henyard.

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...

Who would have thought that Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s “first act of charity” to then cardinal, now Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost would be giving him a candy? And it’s not just the new pope ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago’s South Side.

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

Joanne M. Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross. Her research interests include ...

There were 41,206 people inside what then was known as U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Oct . 22, 2005, when the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros 5-3 in G ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - Celebrations for Pope Leo XIV have swept ...

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents on his mother’s side lived in New Orleans before they migrated to Chicago, where his mother, ...

American Robert Francis Prevost's decision to choose Leo XIV as his papal name hints at the "social" brand he intends to give ...