Italians — and Romans in particular — have had mixed responses to the so-called “American pope.” Most are cautiously ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the 1910s, adding another layer to the pope’s complex family history.

Here comes ‘Da Pope.’ Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in ...

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

Thus, White Sox fans have embraced the first American pope's fandom, with many even looking to acquire a Pope Leo XIV White ...

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a ...

After multiple votes over two days, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was raised in Chicago, has been elected as the first-ever ...

Pope Leo's official portrait has been released. In just three hours, the post was shared over 4,700 times and liked 1,200 times.

We were waiting with bated breath to see what would happen,” the Very Rev. Anthony Benedetto Pizzo said, speaking from ...

W.Va., introduces a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.

The first American pontiff has special circumstances but may want to file a return even if he doesn’t owe anything ...