No, not the real pope. A fan decided to dress up like Pope Leo, who it turns out is a White Sox fan and NOT a Cubs die-hard.

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first ...

Like so many of us, in and out of the Catholic faith, I never thought I’d see an American pope. Robert Cardinal Prevost. A ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census ...

Photos and video have surfaced showing Pope Leo XIV at a World Series game in 2005. Astros fans remember the year well -- the team was swept by the White Sox.

Dan went to grade school with the pope at Saint Mary of the Assumption Church in Riverdale, Illinois. Dan says his younger brother served on the altar with the pope.

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Many sites associated with past popes’ lives have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from southeast suburban Dolton. Throughout Thursday, people from all over Chicago slowly drove ...