The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...

I almost passed out twice – twice – because to be living next to the pope, that’s real serious,” Kareem Davis told WBBM ...

Outsiders cannot know what was in the minds of the cardinals who elected Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, that made them choose ...

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, ...

It's the biggest victory for the struggling Chicago White Sox in a long time: Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan.

Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with cardinals since his May 8 election and offered a glimpse into his vision for the ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

The accolades for Pope Leo XIV are pouring in. One Chicago restaurant has named a sandwich after him. The sandwich chain ...

The Vatican has released Pope Leo XIV's signature, which includes the traditional "P.P." notation ("Pastor Pastorum") not ...