The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

Students at a Catholic school in Chicago had reason to celebrate during their mock conclave. CBS News Chicago's Noel Brennan has more. Jimmy Kimmel announces he has become a grandfather after ...

Here’s a look at what we discovered about some of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s family members in the Tribune archives.

As cardinals in Rome get ready for the papal conclave, some kids in Chicago got an idea of their ... as cardinals and Vatican Swiss Guards. And a school assembly room became the Sistine Chapel ...

A historic preservation organization is lobbying to have the childhood church of Pope Leo XIV designated as a Chicago ...

Robert Krankvich sued the church in 2018, alleging the Rev. Richard McGrath raped him while he was a high school student in the 1990s. Krankvich’s family says that trauma led to addiction issues that ...

"He’s the one who gave me permission” to stay at a Hyde Park monastery in 2000, former priest James M. Ray told the Chicago ...

Pope Leo XIV failed to properly investigate sex abuse claims while in prominent leadership roles in Chicago, victims’ group ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- A school in Prospect Heights announced it will close its doors due to lack of funding. The community of St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School protested against the ...