The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

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

This pope will make mistakes; don’t we all? But on this day, Melinda Henneberger looks to him with great hope. | Opinion ...

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, created a plethora of great memes, many based on Robert Prevost's ...

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

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

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

In his first remarks from the balcony, Leo XIV stressed the role of Catholics and the church as peacemakers and ...