Mildred Prevost, a mother of three who sought a graduate degree, held her religious devotion at the center of her life.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

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

We want to be a synodal church. A church that walks, a church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, that always ...

Donald Trump post this AI produced image of himself in the vestments of the pope to his social media accounts — X, Instagram, Truth Social. The White House followed suit on its official account. There ...

On 8 May 2025, the Catholic Church entered a historic new era with the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede takes a moment to share his personal and professional connections to the new American Pope Leo ...