When news broke Thursday about Robert Prevost's election as the first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, the mood throughout Chicago was joyous.

The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Leo XIV, is the first American pope. "What a Great Honor for our Country," says ...

The 69-year old, who holds citizenship in both the United States and Peru, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost served as ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, along with former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, Illinois ...

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) celebrated the Thursday selection of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native formerly known as ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson praised the selection of Chicago native, Cardinal Robert Prevost, as the new pope of the ...

The measure will create a city-run nonprofit that partners with developers to build environmentally friendly housing with at ...

The mayor wants to install his chief of staff as interim CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, but she doesn't hold a superintendent's license required by the school board.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has announced that the governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York will testify on June 12 at a hearing on their ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joined WGN-TV on Wednesday, May 7, for a town hall marking two years since his swearing-in.