The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland parishes, including in the north suburbs of Morton Grove, Park Ridge,

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV gave his first press conference at the Vatican, where he called for peace and free speech as he addressed over 6,000 journalists. As he was walking out and shaking hands with members of the press, the new pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, gave a very cryptic answer to a reporter’s question that named the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters outside St. Peter’s Square.