Members of New Life Covenant Church Southeast spent Saturday morning ringing bells on Chicago’s South Side. They welcome over 1,000 people to the church’s annual “Prayer on the 9” rally.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family.

Chicagoans pack pews to celebrate South Side son Pope Leo XIV: 'It's fantastic' Across Chicago, churchgoers attended Sunday Mass still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city ...