The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

Historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas debuts his new Chicago Reader column with a look at the city’s Catholic connections beyond ...

A historic preservation organization is lobbying to have the childhood church of Pope Leo XIV designated as a Chicago ...

In Chicago, whether it’s architecture or Catholicism, we do ordinary very well. It’s one reason we now call Pope Leo XIV our ...

Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...

The Prevost family belonged to the now-shuttered St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in the Riverdale neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, then populated by throngs of Catholic families.

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

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Chicago-area motorcyclists rode their bikes to Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine in Merrillville, Indiana, for a special bike blessing and to ensure safety ahead of this year's riding season.

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...