Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan — and the organization is embracing the news. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the ...

Dolton residents, officials hope native Robert Prevost’s election as pope will improve an image soured by Mayor Tiffany ...

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

Erick Fedde, who started 21 games for the historically bad 2024 White Sox, joked that Pope Leo XIV maybe "had to pray a few ...

Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a disintegrating wooden side ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from southeast suburban Dolton. Throughout Thursday, people from all over Chicago slowly drove ...

Zamaan Qureshi, co-chair of Design It For Us, said young people must speak out about social media harms so that authority figures can facilitate change.

In the right-wing loon-o-sphere, the reaction to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first American-born pope has ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

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

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago’s South Side.

Many LGBTQ Catholics viewed Pope Francis as a pioneer for acceptance. Now, with Pope Leo XIV, they hope he will continue this ...