The pope's roots have not been lost on the community. Pope Leo merchandise, some even featuring nods to Chicago, started popping up Thursday. A variety of items, from T-shirts to collectible cards ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) celebrated the Thursday selection of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first pontiff from the U.S. “Everything dope ...

(Pastor Daniel Cochran) Suburban church group witnesses Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV greeting the public in Rome More than a dozen members of a suburban Chicago church happened to get a surprisingly ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Luca Bruno/AP Photos Share Chicago-area Catholics are celebrating ...

The College of Cardinals selected its first Chicago-style pope, and the internet is already making memes, edits and merch. Even Portillo's is getting in on the action, naming a sandwich after Pope ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and officials alike. Chicagoan Cole Ceravolo, a Notre Dame student who was in ...

CHICAGO — If you haven’t heard, a new pope was chosen. Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in South Holland, was selected on Thursday as the 267th pope. He will be known as Pope ...

Chicago-area Catholics are celebrating the news that South Side-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first U.S.-born Pope. Dawn Ribnek, a Catholic born and raised in Chicago, made a ...

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued ...

Thursday, one of Chicago’s sons was elected pope in the Sistine Chapel. Few in his hometown could have imagined such an honor. Thursday was a historic day not just for our city but for our country.

Late Friday morning, I drove to a quiet neighborhood in suburban Chicago and stopped in front ... on May 9. (photo: Pope Leo XIV, Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News; Illinois photos, Amy Smith/National ...