Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

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

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting on the city's Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Two men were fatally wounded in a triple shooting overnight on the North Side in the Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago police said. Officers responded about 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a call of a person ...

St. Mary of the Assumption, the church that served as the pope’s base, has been closed for years now. CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV ...

A 36-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting early Saturday morning in Little Village, police say. Police did not ...

From a Southside Chicago parish to a suburban pizza parlor, people are remembering when and where they crossed paths with Robert Francis Prevost. Prevost grew up in Dolton. He returned ...

A 39-year-old woman was shot early Friday morning while walking on the South Side, according to Chicago police.

The alleged shooter of a Wednesday night killing around the Cradock neighborhood in Portsmouth has been identified but is at ...

Pope Leo was born in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and grew up in Dolton. His family has always been dedicated to Catholic education. According to the Archdiocese of Catholic Schools, Pope Leo ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from southeast suburban Dolton. Throughout Thursday, people from all over Chicago slowly drove ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...