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

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

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

When 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as ...

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

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

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

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

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first ...

Prevost, who chose the papal name Pope Leo XIV, grew up in south suburban Dolton, and attended Catholic Theological Union.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who ...

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