A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

The post read “Well, would you look at that... Congratulations to Chicago’s own Pope Leo XIV.” “Family always knows best, and it sounds like Pope Leo XIV’s lifelong fandom falls a little ...

Chicago itself personifies what Ribnek hopes Prevost will bring to the Catholic Church as pope. "Chicago, I see as a melting pot within the U.S.," she said. "We have many cultures here.