Pope Leo’s hometown Dolton was hit with economic hardship following the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side.

The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to ...

The White House announced on Thursday that Vice President JD Vance will travel to Vatican City to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV this weekend. Vance will lead a U.S. delegation that ...

The election of the first US pope is a godsend to businesses in Rome, as big-spending pilgrims flocking to the Vatican are ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

ABC7's Liz went out to find Chicagoans visiting St. Peter's Square and some of Pope Leo's favorite local shops.

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Vatican to attend Sunday’s inaugural mass of ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

At a crucial period in the Catholic Church's history, Pope Francis made synodality the cornerstone of his pontificate, breathing new life into this age-old tradition that invites the Church to ...