The first American elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago before undertaking his ministry in Peru.

Pope Leo XIV has dealt a blow to Chicago sports fans from his hometown as he revealed his favorite sport from a previous interview, two years before he was elected the leader of the Catholic church.

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

With my camera dangling around my neck, I jostled through the crawling line of tourists and fellow Catholics trying to get into the inner portion of the square. I just wanted to take a few photos, ...

The trip, planned over a year ago, was meant to be a visit to the holiest place of their Catholic faith. Vaskov described the ...