Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

White smoke poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome on Thursday, announcing that a new pope had been chosen. Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal from the Chicago region ...

A family of seagulls — two adults feeding a chick — had gathered by the papal chimney a couple of minutes before white smoke ...

The school's students and staff expressed shock and excitement following the recent election of the first-ever American pope.

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost ...

And the fact that this man now known as Pope Leo XIV was born and grew up in South Chicago is like icing on the cake. And he is even a White Sox baseball fan as well, prompting jokes about his ...

Still, it was an exciting moment for the Americans who were at the Vatican that day. Mariner says he and his wife were in a ...

The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with ...

The announcement of Pope Leo XIV as the new pope was cause for celebration among Catholics around the world. For a group of ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is on a crusade against efforts to grapple with climate change. From the start of Trump’s second term, officials have halted clean energy projects or attempted ...

Lest the team be accused of bearing false witness, the exuberant message “Hey, Chicago, he’s a Cubs fan!” lighting up the storied marquee at Wrigley Field quickly disappeared. Across town, at the ...