Pope Leo and his two brothers grew up in Dolton, Ill., a town just outside of Chicago, according to The New York Times. Per the outlet, they attended church and school at St. Mary of the ...

Leo lived there until moving away for high school to a seminary school in Michigan. Radzik bought the 1,050 square-foot house for $66,000 in 2024, according to Cook County property records.

Cobb County's Michael Winters (right, bottom) went to school with Robert Prevost, the future Pope Leo XIV (right, top), at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Chicago.

As the Chicago White Sox honor Pope Leo XIV with an outdoor Mass on Saturday, his 2005 World Series seat has become a pilgrimage site for the faithful.

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading ...

Viral Chicago high school choir video leads to "America's Got Talent" audition 01:02 "Leo is infectious," Sinclair said. "The young men inspire me, and the choir made me feel something.

June 14 (UPI) --More than 30,000 are gathering in Chicago Saturday to see Pope Leo XIV deliver a video message to a crowd in his hometown. The Pope, who was born and raised in Chicago as Robert ...

How to get tickets to the Chicago Pope Leo XIV event. The Archdiocese of Chicago's website said that tickets for the event, which cost $5, were released May 30.

VATICAN CITY — Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-torn Gaza, decrying the violence and suffering in the Middle East during his first general audience as ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood neighbors in suburban Chicago had predicted when he was just a small boy that he would become the first American pontiff, his brother said.

A South Side high school and the new pope share more than just a hometown. They share a name, too. Leo High School, an all-boys Catholic school located at 7901 South Sangamon Street in Auburn ...