Since Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Portillo's restaurant chain has launched a new Italian beef sandwich dubbed The Leo.

CHICAGO — Here’s a look at some of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV‘s family members as discovered in the Chicago Tribune archives. Raised in Chicago with five sisters — including two who became nuns — she ...

It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from ...

Pope Leo XIV will soon receive a massive gold ring, opulent papal apartments and a lavish bulletproof car — a far cry from his humble missionary work and upbringing in suburban Chicago.

The Catholic Diocese of Shreveport watched as the decision was announced in Rome. A small group was moved to joyful tears by the election of Cardinal Robert ...

Maybe when the shock wears off, they will get used to his new title, Pope Leo XIV. Waiters, taxi drivers ... and remained in ...

As the red velvet curtains at the Vatican parted, a priest realized that his college pal from the South Side of Chicago that he knows as “Bob” had been elected the first American pope. “Oh, dear God,” ...

Long before he ascended to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV was just a kid growing up in the Chicago suburbs. Now, his childhood home ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

The debate over Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team has swept Chicago into a fierce debate over the Cubs and Sox ...

Pope Leo XIV roots for the White Sox (and even attended at least one game of their 2005 World Series championship), despite ...

"We never would have suspected that he was going to be a priest, let alone a bishop or cardinal or the Pope. Not in a million years would you think somebody you knew could become the Pope. It's like ...