In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

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

Pope John Paul II arrived in the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 — touching down in Boston, and stopping in New York, ...

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.

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 ...

The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

So what can we expect from Prevost? His Augustinian roots suggest discipline and seriousness. And his Chicago roots, say we, ...

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

THE CARDINALS ELECTING A NEW POPE THURSDAY. MOMENTS LATER, FORMER CARDINAL ROBERT PRÉVOST EMERGING AS POPE LEO THE 14TH. THE 69 YEAR OLD IS THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE HERE IN CHICAGO. I TALKED WITH ...

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...