The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is responding to a scene off the coast in Venice. Deputies say three people were struck by lightning on a boat. Their conditions are labeled by deputies as mild ...

Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago native, and he's pretty clearly a baseball fan. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was voted ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...

Like many other faithful Catholics, Louis Prevost watched with great anticipation for white smoke to rise from the chimney at ...

Catholic schools across the city are rejoicing after the selection of the new pope and reflecting on the historic ...

Friday on the News Hour, newly-elected Pope Leo XIV holds his first Mass and now faces the task of addressing the Catholic ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

Pope Leo XIV is truly a die-hard White Sox fan, as he looked as nervous as anyone watching his team try to close out Game 1 ...

According to the historians exploring Leo XIV's genetic history, the new pope can trace his lineage to the Afro-Caribbean culture.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

A popular Chicago restaurant chain is honoring the new pope with a special menu item that will be available for a limited time.

Papal Conclave selected an American as the new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago in 1955, and is the first ...