A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

Theoretically, Prevost could've grown up a White Sox fan. The franchise's snakebitten history mimics the Cubs in a great many ...

Leo's parents, Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez, welcomed him on Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, where he was raised ...

Prevost was born on Sept. 14, 1955, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, and his Catholic roots were planted in the south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton with his parents and two brothers. He grew up ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

In a historic decision announced today, the Catholic Church elected Cardinal Robert Prevost—born in Chicago—as its next pope.

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Late Friday morning, I drove to a quiet neighborhood in suburban Chicago and stopped in front of the home of the Pope’s ...

It's not a new or unique thing for a pope to be a sports fan. Pope Francis was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest ...

Pope Leo XIV was born on Chicago's South Side and grew up in the south suburban area. However, mixed reports have Chicagoans ...