Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a ...

An abandoned church owned by Joe Hall in Chicago as part of a community programs project just got a fresh sense of significance on Thursday (May 8) when he realized this is where the newly elected ...

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

The 67-year-old church was once a thriving parish. But the Archdiocese of Chicago decided to close the church due to a lack of funds.

Pastor Julie Contreras along with supporters of Chicago Police Officer German Villaseñor speaks to reporters after Villaseñor ...

Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still ... People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday mused about what the future ...

CHICAGO — Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago ... People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on May 8 mused about what the future might hold ...

Pope Leo XIV attended the church and parish school while growing up in nearby Dolton. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday ...

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of good here in the city that recommends itself to the church.” ...