Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago will celebrate the election of one of its own as leader of the Catholic Church.

“After all, this church and school complex is located at a far corner of the city — far from the central area and downtown ... earliest beginnings of Chicago.” Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was ...

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

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.

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches and celebrated from their ... Holy Name Cathedral is seen Thursday, May 8, 2025, in downtown Chicago. Credit: AP/Erin Hooley “How cool is that?" ...

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 ...

Robert Prevost now holds the highest office in the Catholic Church. One of his childhood ... at Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago and of the University of Notre Dame's Basilica of the ...