When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

In late May 2025, numerous Snopes readers asked about the accuracy of reports that Pope Leo XIV would participate in a June ...

Chicago’s celebration of Pope Leo XIV’s election will take place June 14 at Rate Field, home of the White Sox. Leo, a native ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

Pope Leo XIV will speak directly to the global youth population in a video broadcast at an event next month in Chicago, the ...

An image of Pope Leo XIV with rappers in Chicago is digitally altered and was shared by an X account that posts parody and ...

Even before he was appointed to a position at the Vatican in 2023, Pope Leo XIV spent most of his time away from his home ...

Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...

The Tribune asked Vatican City tourists from around the globe what they think about Chicago — and whether Pope Leo might ...

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Prevost and spent several years living in Dolton, IL, in a humble home that is now up for ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...