Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, was quickly discovered to be a White Sox fan after his elevation to head of the Catholic Church earlier this year. The team has leaned in, with murals of ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

Thousands of people from across the region gathered at the home of the Chicago White Sox Saturday to celebrate Pope Leo XIV with a mass and video message from the pontiff himself.

While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

Supporters of Pope Leo XIV gathered Saturday, not in a cathedral or a church, but a baseball stadium the pope once frequented ...

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side of Chicago to hear a message from the man they once ...

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as Robert Francis Prevost.

Kim/Chicago Tribune) Robert Prevost was ... and was pictured in the school's 1971 yearbook. (Terry Murphy) Robert Francis Prevost is partially descended from Creole people of color, according ...

Leo was born Robert Francis Prevost in 1955 at Mercy Hospital, about 3 miles south of the city’s iconic downtown Loop area. He grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago. His parents had been ...