The newly elected Pope Leo XIV could continue in his predecessor's footprints as the steward of the environment of the Catholic Church.

A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening ...

Louis Prevost is equal parts excited, mind blown and a little worried about how the papacy will impact his relationship with ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost's election as pope is giving Knicks fans a boost. He's the first American pontiff and, like Jalen ...

Vice President JD Vance said this week he didn't want to get political about new pope Leo XIV, calling his election "a great ...

Sister Therese DelGenio taught Pope Leo XIV as he earned a Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

Very human, very humble, but very discerning.” This is how Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle described then Cardinal Robert Francis ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - After the Conclave elected the world’s first American Pope, a local college student says she went through Catholic Confirmation at the hands of Pope Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert ...

While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this could be a moment when it comes to how the Catholic Church addresses child ...

Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago native, and he's pretty clearly a baseball fan. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was voted ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...