Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law ending the death penalty in Illinois, the future pope thanked him for the move. That recently ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope Francis and lead the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken ...

The two most powerful Americans in 2025 are President Donald Trump and the newly appointed Pope Leo, but the two will never ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, 69, will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope from the United States, whom Vatican experts say mirrors his predecessor’s ...

Pope Leo XIV commemorates today the anniversary of his priestly ordination in the Chapel of Saint Monica, which overlooks ...

An auction for Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton was extended, while a federal judge declined to block Dolton from buying ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across.

With the excitement for Pope Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S. — still reverberating, C & G Newspapers met with two ...

Ralph Fiennes is eager to know what Pope Leo XIV thought of the movie Conclave after he experienced the historical moment in ...