Pope Leo XIV, or Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, was chosen to lead the Catholic Church and has Creole roots.

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

To understand Pope Leo XIV, look to his namesake, says Ward Fitzgerald, a Philly area businessman who helps raise money for ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

He identified AI as one of the main issues facing humanity, saying it poses challenges to defending human dignity, justice and labor.

The man accused of attacking a homeowner in SE Portland and yelling slurs at Spanish workers was arraigned in court on Thursday, officials say. A shooting that left one injured near a Southwest ...

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pontiff as some of the cardinal electors shared what led them to his selection. NBC ...

Herrera is starting at designated hitter and batting sixth in Friday's game against the Nationals. It's Herrera's first game with the Cardinals in more than a month as he returns from a left knee bone ...

The Catholic Church has a new supreme pontiff—and he’s from the South Side of Chicago. These are words that no reporter alive ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York and one of the cardinal electors at the conclave in Rome, joins TODAY to ...