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

“Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,” read the headline. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert ...

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

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

Pope Leo XIV has dealt a blow to Chicago sports fans from his hometown as he revealed his favorite sport from a previous ...

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

Former Mayor of Waterford, Cllr Damien Geoghegan has recalled on X (Twitter) a Waterford connection with newly elected Pope ...

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

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope, Leo XIV, and the internet made many memes celebrating ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a keen grasp ...

Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The ...