On the 81st anniversary of the unprecedented D-Day invasion at Normandy, the memory of one Navy veteran lives on after his ...

Robert Prevost, the latest — and first American — pope was raised in the Chicago area, where his childhood home was recently for sale, but the listing was pulled the day the Vatican decided ...

Dolton, Illinois, may use eminent domain to purchase Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home, intending to preserve it as a historic site ...

Sacred gifts, or public nuisance? Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, is attracting new attention, this time ...

State Rep. Martin McLaughlin wants a statue of the new pope at the Illinois statehouse, paid for in part with a commemorative ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not registered as a member of a political party.

Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) is seeking to have a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff built at the Illinois ...

“The previous pope to bear that name, Pope Leo XIII, was known as ‘The Pope of the Workers.’” He’s even a registered voter in Illinois, according to the Will County clerk. Pope Leo voted ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News.

The new pope, formerly Robert F. Prevost, has a mixed voting history, casting ballots in both GOP and Democratic primaries.

The Tribune asked Vatican City tourists from around the globe what they think about Chicago — and whether Pope Leo might ...

Election records earlier reported by CBS News reveals how often the new pope has voted in the past. The records, from the service L2 Data, showed that he voted in the 2024 election but that he had not ...