Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

The pontiff broke the news on "NBC Nightly News" with anchor Lester Holt, a former CBS2 Chicago anchor, in a brief one-on-one ...

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

Sometimes, the most unexpected spark lights up a city. The post White Sox Unwilling to Profit in the Name of Pope Leo XVI ...

ABC7's Liz went out to find Chicagoans visiting St. Peter's Square and some of Pope Leo's favorite local shops.

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

On the balcony at St. Peter’s Square, as millions of Catholics cheered his arrival, Robert Prevost experienced a defining moment—one that marked his transformation into Pope ...

Naturally, Pope Leo's Chicago ties sound like great news for Bears fans who are hoping Caleb Williams is the franchise's first genuine franchise quarterback in decades, who could usher in an era ...

Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called ...

A popular Chicago restaurant chain is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a sandwich named in the pontiff's honor.

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...