Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Bishop Robert Prevost, confronts the Vatican's significant financial challenges, including a structural deficit and pension shortfall. His American background is expected to ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with complicity from elements in Rome: ‘He has suffered greatly during the last year be ...

"For Catholics in this country, I think there is a blessing in welcoming a pope for whom we may have a natural affinity but ...

Pope Leo XIV wore a Chicago White Sox cap during an appearance at the Vatican, in a nod to his longtime fandom. White Sox ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

Gov. JB Pritzker announces his campaign for a third term as Illinois governor during a campaign rally at Crossing Park Field House at 7655 S. Ingleside Ave. in Greater Grand Crossing, Thursday, June ...

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he previously served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome. This has sparked intense interest in Prevost's background, along with his religious and political ...

Since Leo XIV, the first American pope in history, was elected, the same question has been heard (inside and outside the ...