When Sherry Stone learned that childhood friend Robert Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, she got on her computer and did what few people can do: She emailed ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home just outside of Chicago has been declared a historic landmark. The board of trustees of the ...

Los católicos de toda la región celebraron el jueves 8 de mayo el histórico anuncio de que el primer papa estadounidense en los 2,000 años de historia de la Iglesia había nacido y se había criado en ...

When Robert Francis Prevost spoke in Spanish to his crowd of supporters for the first time in St. Peter’s Square last week, Edgewater resident Julio Fernandez said it made him tear up. “I’ve lived in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family. Among ...

Of course, Chicagoans are celebrating the new pope at home in addition to people across the world. Mass Friday morning at Holy Name Cathedral celebrated Pope Leo and prayed for his well-being. There's ...

Editor's note: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. This story was originally published on May 5, 2025. A Chicago-born Cardinal is ...

One of the world’s biggest questions has been answered after Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the 267th Pope. Is he a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan? The answer, he’s southside all the ...