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

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 ...

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 ...

Photos taken inside the church show Chicago-area Catholics praying for the new pope inside the abandoned building, showing noticeable signs of decay on both the interior and exterior. Feeling out ...

which was then a busy church and school that straddled the Chicago-Dolton border. Now it's a collection of abandoned buildings — physical reminders of the challenges Leo faces to revive a church ...

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 ...

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 ...