The former St. Cornelius Church is the latest house of worship in the city to be repurposed as church attendance declines.

Leo “had a social justice bent,” said Lego, who is now a pastor of Chicago’s St. Turibius Parish. At age 27, Leo was chosen to study in Rome, according to the Vatican, where he was ordained ...

CHICAGO – At St. Mary of the Assumption school in Chicago’s southern suburbs, Robert Prevost was quiet, kind and studious. Mostly, he wanted to be a priest. It was the 1960s, and the parish ...

Leo “had a social justice bent,” said Lego, who is now a pastor of Chicago’s St. Turibius Parish. At age 27, ... gesturing to the now-closed St. Mary of the Assumption church.

For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and global order changed that, papal expert Massimo Faggioli told NPR.

Reverend William Lego, of St Turibius Parish in Chicago, ... If the church is open to the Spirit, the Spirit will look for, at the time, probably the best candidate to lead the church.

Well, let's talk about that road ahead with another person from Robert Prevost's past - Reverend William Lego of St. Turibius Parish in Chicago, who has known the Pope since sixth grade. They attended ...

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Well, let's talk about that road ahead with another person from Robert Prevost's past - Reverend William Lego of St. Turibius Parish in Chicago, who has known the Pope since ...