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A survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru brought her public campaign for reform to the Chicago area hometown of Pope Leo XIV.
Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Father Robert Prevost was a young Augustinian priest attending meetings in Chicago — and ...
Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost before he was elected the first American pope earlier this ...
One new American archbishop says having a pope from Chicago is something to think about, since “Catholicism in Chicago has ...
A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of sexual abuse — which virtually every ...
Survivors of clergy abuse held a news conference Thursday to speak out against alleged coverups in the U.S. in Peru by Pope ...
Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Perez Wednesday gave Pope Leo XIV, a Villanova University graduate, an Eagles Super Bowl championship hat.
Today, almost three months since the election of Pope Leo XIV, the media reality defies those expectations. Apart from ...
The claim was rooted in a real event — in June 2025, San Diego priests attended immigration court to support migrants on ...
A new book suggests Chicago-born Robert Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of becoming Pope Leo XIV.
Robert Prevost, born to Louis Prevost and Mildred Martínez on Sept. 14, 1955, was raised in the small brick home there in Dolton alongside his older brothers, Louis and John. The village recently ...
Discover how the village of Dolton, Illinois, is reviving its past by purchasing the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and working to obtain landmark status.