Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...

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

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

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When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

"We have to look together how to be a missionary church, building bridges, dialogue, always open to receiving with open arms ...

After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.

Both brothers were thrilled for their youngest sibling. They believe he will be a wonderful pope and are cheering for his ...