When Cardinal Robert Prevost of south suburban Dolton became Pope Leo XIV in May, excited Chicagoans could hardly believe the first American pope in church history was homegrown — and a White Sox fan ...

St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III recently crossed paths with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a meeting of ...

Colorado’s collapse looked destined for disaster early. The Rockies stumbled out of April with a 5-25 record, then bottomed out at 9-49 by the end of May. At that point, they were on pace for 137 ...

Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at ...

During a visit to Vatican City this past week, Cardinals president and wife Ira DeWitt had a brief encounter with the Pope that allowed a moment of baseball talk.

Pope Leo XIV marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly,” in excerpts of an interview ...

Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.

ANALYSIS: In his first interview as pope, Leo XIV cast himself as the Church’s chief referee — an impartial umpire in both ...

In it, Leo, who turned 70 on Sunday, gives lift to those seeking a healer to bridge divisions within the church of 1.4 billion Catholics. But liberals hoping for radical change and traditionalists ...

Next month, America will have a closer of look of the Pope's early life in a Vatican documentary called "Leo from Chicago." ...

Pope Leo XIV has marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to ...