Rate Field will host a unique Mass to honor U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, a White Sox fan, with tickets on sale for $5.

The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

“After all, this church and school complex is located at a far corner of the city — far from the central area and downtown ..

In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... Cathedral in downtown Chicago tolled ...