Chicago celebrates first American Pope, Leo XIV, at a sold-out Mass led by Cardinal Cupich, with local officials recommending ...

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.

Chicago held a celebration on Saturday at the home of the White Sox to fully embrace the city’s connection to the new leader ...

Pope Leo delivered a message of unity and hope during a Catholic Mass at White Sox Park, coinciding with nationwide protests.

The Vatican on Sunday beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a ...

Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar in St. Peter's Basilica, Sunday, June 15, 2025, where he celebrates a Mass for the Jubilee of ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader. About ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered a message of hope by video message on Saturday at a celebration and mass at Rate Field, honoring the papacy of the city's native son.In an eight-minute video played during the ...

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

CHICAGO (RNS) — At Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, some 30,000 celebrated a native son, Pope Leo XIV, Saturday ...

The pope urged Catholic faithful to be a "light of hope," to serve others, and to make the world a better place.

The Chicago-born pope addressed a crowd of 30,000 in a live-streamed message from the Vatican: "Build up community [and] ...