As newly elected Pope Leo XIV — a native son of Chicago — made his first appearance on the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Blase Cupich looked on from an adjacent balcony, keenly aware of the ...

Before Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope, many believed the prospect of a U.S. pontiff was highly unlikely. “For betting types, the conventional wisdom says not to put your money ...

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

The first American pope is succeeding a church leader whose strong stances on migration and climate change were strikingly at odds with those of the American president. So one question now about the ...

Pope Leo XIV will always be Father Bob to Heidi Skokal and her South Side family. Her dad, Ed Schmit, was close friends with Robert Francis Prevost for decades. The two were both die-hard Sox fans and ...