Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

Mengeling, the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, died in the early hours of July 1, the Diocese announced on its ...

Maria Marin and her husband, Martin Marin, pose with a cardboard cutout of Pope Leo XIV during the Archdiocese of Chicago's celebration of Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field, Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Catholic faithful attend a celebration and Mass held in honor of Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field, home of the White Sox, in ...

An estimated one in four Illinoisans have unclaimed property held by the state treasurer's office. Among those unknowingly ...

On Tuesday, dignitaties and city leaders gathered to pay respects to Chicago's Sister Rosemary Connelly.Sister Connelly, known for her work at the Misericordia in Rogers Park, died Thursday at the age ...

In the film, he drives to several key locations — from Pope Leo’s time in Chicago, including his childhood parish, St. Mary of the Assumption, and Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago ...

As he gets settled into his news digs at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV looks like he’d still fit right in with a brat in hand in the left-field bleachers at Rate Field. The Chicago-born, Dolton ...

At the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Leo urged “reason and responsibility” amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran—just hours before lighting up the jumbotron at Chicago’s Rate Field ...

As Chicago’s “No Kings” protests against President Trump wound down Saturday afternoon, the celebration of Pope Leo at White Sox stadium began. Which made me wonder: Does one impact the other?

Not over what baseball team will get his blessing. Or whether the area’s anti-ketchup stance could become canon. But over his childhood home. Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in a ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich spoke out at a Chicago event honoring Pope Leo XIV against America's immigration system, condemning those who "scapegoat those who are here without documents." ...