Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

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Criminal justice reform has long been one of the most divisive issues between Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly and the Republican minority.

At a time when American Catholics faced many restrictions, Washington went out of his way to make them feel included in the ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

Gazing at the camera with his hair neatly parted, tie tightened up to his collar and a twinkle in his eye, the boy looked every inch a clean-cut Catholic school student. To his friends, Robert Prevost ...

Get to know Eddie Schmit, the young White Sox fan who sat next to Pope Leo XIV at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.

Video evidence of the Chicago-born pope, Robert Prevost, at 2005 World Series games certifies the claim his brother, John, made that Pope Leo XIV is indeed a White Sox fan. If we take it as gospel ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing at St. Peter's Basilica. The new pontiff is now preparing to meet with the press on Monday for the first time since his election. ABC7 Chicago is now ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) is the second Roman Pontiff, after Pope Francis, from the Americas. Unlike Jorge ...