NEW YORK — News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was ... raising the question of ...

The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.