Robert Francis Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – is the first American elected to lead 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. He ...

Pope Leo XIV, a progressive pope who advocates for economic justice and immigration fairness, is in direct conflict with ...

NBC 5 Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern joins Bob Sirott to talk about the pope’s visits with friends and family in Rome and how this conclave brings a different experience from past ...

The older brother of Pope Leo XIV said Monday that there could be some “bumps” when the new leader of the Catholic Church ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

The former Rev. Robert Prevost was twice elected superior of the order which was formed in the 13th century as a community of ...

First, he was elected to be the Catholic Church’s new pope. Then, he took down LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama. No, Pope Leo XIV is not a basketball phenom. He’s the subject of a highly popular new ...

Pope Leo XIV asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting, and he called for the ...

The Chicago-born pope had a one-word response when asked if he had anything to say to the people of the United States, which ...

As a Chicago-born missionary to Peru, Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — was arguably the least American of the American Cardinals. But despite his close ties to Peru, where he led an ...

Why, for example, did apparent ICE agents wear no badges, with one donning a balaclava, to grab two people in the ...

The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for ...