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 ...

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 ...

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

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.