Discover the surprising Black and Creole roots of Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope, and how his heritage is impacting ...

Last March 13, 2013, blessed with being awakened shortly after 12 in the morning, I was able to witness, via livestream, the introduction of Pope Francis as our new Pope!

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

I almost passed out twice – twice – because to be living next to the pope, that’s real serious,” Kareem Davis told WBBM ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...

A Boise sixth grader at Sacred Heart Catholic School randomly selected Cardinal Robert Prevost in a class assignment, correctly predicting the first American pope in history.

Outsiders cannot know what was in the minds of the cardinals who elected Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, that made them choose ...

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, ...

It's the biggest victory for the struggling Chicago White Sox in a long time: Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan.

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

The accolades for Pope Leo XIV are pouring in. One Chicago restaurant has named a sandwich after him. The sandwich chain Portillo’s introduced the new sandwich ...