After waiting in line at the Vatican, Jason Perash of Colorado got the pontiff to autograph a ball. The pope is reportedly a ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...

It's unlikely the U.S. Patent Office would grant trademarks over "Da Pope" but that hasn't stopped folks from trying.

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas - A Grapevine deli owner is honoring the new pope, who just happens to be his former schoolmate. Dan ...

Portillo’s is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and a Chicago native, with a limited-time sandwich called "The Leo." The Italian beef sandwich, available through May, ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

A South Side high school and the new pope share more than just a hometown. They share a name, too. Leo High School, an ...

The sporting world mourned the death of Francis − a lifelong soccer fan. The new pope is more of a baseball guy.

Patrick Feltz, 28, of Villa Park, sports his homemade pope hat while waiting to enter Rate Field in Chicago for a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins on May 10, 2025. It ...

During her show on Friday, the conservative podcast host said she wasn’t surprised that the new pope had disapproved of ...

The Rev. John T. Pawlikowski served as co-founder and director of the school’s Catholic-Jewish Studies Program and also ...