An estimated one in four Illinoisans have unclaimed property held by the state treasurer's office. Among those unknowingly ...

Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.

Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV's earliest days of playing priest at the family's home in Dolton, a suburb south of Chicago.

A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the ...

What You Need To Know. Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church; The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV commemorates today the anniversary of his priestly ordination in the Chapel of Saint Monica, which overlooks ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across.

The two most powerful Americans in 2025 are President Donald Trump and the newly appointed Pope Leo, but the two will never ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Pope Leo, a native of Chicago's south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message ...