The American Pope is pointing others to Christ by first attracting them through his relatability — including his love of ...

Growing up in her Chicago parish, Pope Leo XIV’s mother experienced ritual on a grand scale and attended Immaculata High School.

Pope Leo XIV’s father, Louis Marius Prevost, was a Navy veteran, who led the local Altar and Rose Society and served as a ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

Thirty-two of the 68 athletes from the Champaign-based school advanced to the state meet this year, and 14 came home state champions. There were also 15 additional medalists throughout 14 ...

In one of Chicago’s ... mixed and devout family in the tight-knit, working-class village of Dalton, Illinois. Their hub was a now-shuttered Catholic parish and school in a dense metro area ...

And a Catholic priest. All that makes Medow one more thing: “A curiosity.” That’s certainly how the parishioners at Holy Spirit Catholic ... Born and raised on Chicago’s north side ...

By Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago ... in the Catholic culture that revolved around the family parish, St. Mary of the Assumption, on the city’s South Side. Catholic school was a ...

The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago ... future pope and his family were parishioners there in the 1950s and ’60s. All three brothers attended elementary school at the parish ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship.

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...

Holy Family ... with the school children to jump up and down," said Robert. Related: Tulsa Catholics celebrate as Leo XIV is elected first American pope He is originally from Chicago, like the ...