Chicagoans celebrated the rise of one of their own to the papacy, including those in the city’s strong Irish-American ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff. But why did he choose a name rooted in centuries of ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

From an altar boy growing up in a working class area of Chicago, Robert Prevost, 69, has worked his way through the ranks to ...

Born in the Windy City in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ...

FROM a budding maths genius in the US to an adventurous missionary in Peru – horse riding Pope Leo XIV has now reached the ...

Chicagoans have predictably reacted in grandiose fashion with humor and genuine affection for South Sider Robert Prevost as ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little known missionary from Chicago, was elected as a surprise choice to be the new leader of the ...

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.