Since Robert Prevost is a Chicago native, baseball fans were eager to learn which baseball team the new pontiff supports.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old from ...

Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one ...

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the ...

Regardless of the specific team, his Chicago roots have endeared him to fans of the city's two MLB franchises on social media ...

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name could not be more clear, with the new pope tying himself to one of the ...

On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV. It will take time to get used ...

Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope ...

The bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics. It's a realm not entirely unknown to ...

On Thursday afternoon -- running with a claim by an ABC News reporter -- the Chicago Cubs boasted that Pope Leo XIV was a fan ...