Pope Leo XIV delivers message of peace, unity at Rate Field in first address to his hometown The Chicago-born pope addressed a crowd of 30,000 in a live-streamed message from the Vatican: “Build ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told ... by the Archdiocese of Chicago in honor of his recent election as pope. Leo seized the opportunity to speak directly to ...

Brother David Marshall, a Dayton native, was a featured singer during the June 14 celebration for Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field in Chicago. The Chaminade Julienne graduated performed “One of Us," a song ...

Leo appealed for unity in a triptych of messages to priests who are celebrating a special Holy Year week in Rome dedicated to ...

Immediately after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the head of the Catholic Church, his childhood home went ...

The Chicago suburb where the first American pope grew up will buy the boyhood home of Leo XIV, which local officials have been looking to preserve as a landmark since the pontiff’s election in May.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the ...

Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law ending the death penalty in Illinois, the future pope thanked him for the move. That recently ...

Head of the Catholic Church and Vatican's Pope Leo XIV met about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending this ...

Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village's board of ...