A day after the Vatican shocked the world by electing Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal who spent most of his ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

Chants of "Viva el Papa" rang out in Thursday night's Thanksgiving Mass. "A new era has dawned. God is with us," the ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Friday honoring the election of Pope Leo XIV — one day after Chicago native Cardinal Robert ...

However, it would be a mistake to let Leo XIV be defined by his critics alone. He reminds us that no human is infallible, not even the pope. He is a man elevated by faith and shaped by service. And ...

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston, told the reporters that while the cardinals chose a pope who is a U.S. citizen, “he’s really a citizen of the entire world since he ...

For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long-shot favorite, precisely because he ...

Affiliate station WGN in Chicago spoke with the new pope’s brother, John Prevost, to discuss the issue of what baseball team the family supported.

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

Then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, smiles as he arrives to celebrate Mass at St. Jude Church in ...

The Catholic Church made history Thursday with the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. The moment carried ...