On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

Pope Leo XIV’s connection to his hometown of Chicago remains strong, despite his global responsibilities. His family and friends describe him as a man who has always prioritized his commitments, ...

The former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, elected as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pope, is a tennis-loving, wordle-playing, ...

Tim Elko collected his first MLB hit — a go-ahead three-run home run — to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the ...

Get to know Eddie Schmit, the young White Sox fan who sat next to Pope Leo XIV at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.

In one lewd post, he reportedly shared a video of Pelosi of California speaking in 1996 with the caption, “These f–king liberals crying about tariffs is just unreal.

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Sport is religion in Chicago. The biggest question locals had here once Cardinal Robert Prevost became the new pope was which ...