Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second ...

Bettors spent more than $40 million gambling on the outcome of the most recent papal conclave, on prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.

The debate began immediately upon the announcement that the 267th pope of the Catholic Church was to be an American: What kind of American? The every word of Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, ...

Chicago native Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost had been a long shot to people keeping track of the conclave, but ...

Karoline Leavitt addressed questions about several anti-Trump tweets made by the brand-new Pope Leo XIV prior to assuming the ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him ...

Fr. Clements had all prominent Chicagoans like Hilary Clinton and Mayor Daley on speed dial. He made his bones fighting with ...

Between class periods at Turlock’s Sacred Heart School on Thursday, the news that white smoke could be seen coming from the ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.