The likes of our first U.S.-born Pope — a Chicago native — have been well reported in the Register’s pages since his May election. This Christmas, consider some gifts based on his favorite pastimes ...

The best way to describe him is as the anti-polarization pope. His biggest issues are peace and unity. He knows he’s operating in a context where very few world leaders are talking that way. It’s not ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from Francis. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, who covers the Vatican from her base in ...

The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first international apostolic journey. The wide-ranging trip — spanning historic ecumenical encounters, deeply symbolic gestures of prayer, and ...

The first-ever American pope's first trip abroad started off with a distinctly American moment, when Pope Leo XIV was gifted a baseball bat formerly owned by Chicago White Sox legend Nellie Fox. CBS ...

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Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and noted White Sox supporter, received a unique gift honoring his baseball fandom. As Pope Leo was given gifts while on the papal plane to Turkey during his first trip ...

The Pope Leo XIV x White Sox connection just got stronger. The second news broke that the new pope was American — and born and raised in Chicago — every sports fan in the country had exactly one ...

People take photos with a cardboard cutout of Pope Leo XIV ahead of a public celebration hosted by the Chicago White Sox and the Archdiocese of Chicago upon the election of the new pope, featuring a ...

The dumbing down of America is best represented by the baseball cap, once worn as a practical sun shield but now resting on the noggins of presidents and pizza deliverers, not always easy to tell ...