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-based group filed complaints about him with Vatican officials, claiming Cardinal Robert Prevost fell short in his ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, was listed for sale on May 5 before being taken off the market just days later. Find out more.

On "This Week," Cardinal Cupich said Pope Leo XIV may call for changes to the United States immigration system.

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV calls for global peace and references conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza during his first Sunday ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s connection to his hometown of Chicago remains strong, despite his global responsibilities. His family and friends describe him as a man who has always prioritized his commitments, ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

In his first encounter with journalists as pope, Leo called on the news media to highlight the “voices of the weak who have no voice.” ...

The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as a bishop. He evoked his broad missionary experience in his first public remarks as pope ...