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, ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, just a day after being elected to replace the ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected po ...

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.

“The interesting thing is way back when he was in kindergarten or first grade, there was a parent, a mom, across the street — ...

Pope Leo was born in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and grew up in Dolton. His family has always been dedicated to Catholic education. According to the Archdiocese of Catholic Schools, Pope Leo ...

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The Catholic Church has a new supreme pontiff—and he’s from the South Side of Chicago. These are words that no reporter alive today ever really expected to be writing. Until very recently, the ...

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 ...