SAVCHENKO: Although Pope Leo was born in the Chicago area, he's done most of his ministry overseas. Like in Peru, where he was a missionary, parish priest, teacher and bishop.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history, and Chicago is here for it. The big picture: When word came of Pope Leo XIV's Chicago roots, witty local comments flooded social ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.

Chicago celebrates cultural victory with native son, Pope Leo XIV The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Chicago celebrates first American pope. Story by Mills Hayes • 19h — Chicago residents are celebrating after the selection of Pope Leo XIV, a native of the Windy City, as the first American ...

RELATED: Chicago celebrates as South Side-born Pope Leo XIV' elevated to pontiff O'Connor says he grew up around the corner from Prevost in south suburban Dolton. He said his phone was blowing up ...

CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and ...

CHICAGO − Over 100 years passed between World Series championships for Cubs fans in this great city, but they finally got one. And now, after 2,000 years, they've got a pope, too. Chicagoans don ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on May 9, 2025, the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ...

SAVCHENKO: Although Pope Leo was born in the Chicago area, he's done most of his ministry overseas. Like in Peru, where he was a missionary, parish priest, teacher and bishop.