Jazz fans may be disappointed to learn that newly elected Pope Leo XIV never moonlighted as trombone player "Bobby Prev" in ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

The pontiff broke the news to 'NBC Nightly News' anchor Lester Holt, a former CBS2 Chicago anchor, in a brief one-on-one chat ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called ...

Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

In his first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit ...

A popular Chicago restaurant chain is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a sandwich named in the pontiff's honor.

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

Whether someone is actually from Chicago is a uniquely sensitive question for its natives. We're here to break it down.

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

The new pontiff’s home city has welcomed him with jokey tropes, from its deep dish pizzas to stained-glass windows depicting ...