The confusion may have stemmed from the fact that their mother, the late Mildred Prevost, was from the North Side, John ...

Born in Chicago, the newly-elected pope grew up in south suburban Dolton and attended school and church nearby on Chicago's ...

A small house in Dolton, Illinois, which was Pope Leo XIV's childhood home, is drawing attention from residents and visitors, ...

Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area.

Helen Gilligan Torpy, who was born in Ireland and emigrated to Chicago in 1952, always joked she would love to see an Irish pope. So having a Chicago pope is surely the next best thing. Da pope, as a ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother ...

The preliminary agreement is the first of dozens of tariff-lowering deals that Trump is trying to land in coming weeks after ...

Cascia Hall Preparatory School had its school day happily disrupted Thursday by the stunning news that its former governing ...

Reaction was swift, widespread and boisterous in Chicago on Thursday after the Vatican announced the election of the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born on Chicago's south side and grew up in the south suburb of Dolton. Shortly after it was announced that Prevost was elected pope, rumors began swirling that he ...

Prevost, who chose the papal name Pope Leo XIV, grew up in south suburban Dolton, and attended Catholic Theological Union.

Leo, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, became one of the world's most famous Chicago natives on Thursday ...