"We are simply overjoyed," said Sister Barbara Reid, president of Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, where Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is a native of Chicago who spent the first third of his life in the United States before his ministry took him to Peru and, more recently, to ...

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the 1910s, adding another layer to the pope’s complex family history.

Heading into Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the St. Louis Cardinals have worked their way back into considerable contention for a possible postseason berth. Many may tell you the ...

The childhood Chicago-area home of Pope Leo XIV is being sold at a luxury auction following a surge of interest sparked by ...

The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...

The election of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the 266th successor of Peter, shows “truly God was at work” in ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

Thanks to Jari Honora – a 2009 graduate of St. Augustine High School and a family historian in the Williams Research Center ...

Pope Leo XIV, born and raised in Chicago, has captured global attention for two reasons: his historic role as the first American-born pontiff and his unexpected sports fandom. Befo ...

Sometimes, the most unexpected spark lights up a city. The post White Sox Unwilling to Profit in the Name of Pope Leo XVI ...

Three boys were baptized in March 2014 in a Niles Catholic church by a visiting priest from Chicago who would go on to be named Pope Leo XIV, ...