Pope Leo XIV is fast becoming an icon in Chicago, bringing hope that he will shine light on working class heroes everywhere.

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

By Emily Schmall, Tom Polansek and Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) -The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far ...

Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal ...

The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Catholic school students and teachers across the Archdiocese of Atlanta assembled in classrooms and cafeterias to watch the ...

Reaction to the announcement of 69-year-old Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, who is from the South Side and raised ...

The first American Pope was born and raised in the Chicago area, and Catholics there are elated with the election of Pope Leo XIV.

ABC7's Liz went out to find Chicagoans visiting St. Peter's Square and some of Pope Leo's favorite local shops.

The residents of Chicago continue to beam with pride, now that one of the city's native sons is the first-ever American pontiff.

READ: Robert Francis Prevost of US is new pope, takes name Leo XIV “For Catholics in Chicago, this is somebody who gets us, who knows us, who knows our experience, seeing the closures and the ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps ...