"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

A cute brick house in a south Chicago suburb has been blessed with a substantial bump in value, thanks to Pope Leo.

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.