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

At a time when fewer people say they are practicing Catholics, church leaders are hoping an American pope may turn that ...

He’s even a registered voter in Illinois, according to the Will County clerk. Pope Leo voted in the general election in 2024, 2018, 2014 and 2012, and he registered as a Republican in the 2016, 2014 ...

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

An Illinois state lawmaker proposed making license plates honoring Dolton-native Pope Leo XIV available to state residents, ...

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 ...

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

ANALYSIS: It might seem like the Holy Father has far more pressing priorities. Yet the reality is that the artificial-intelligence revolution poses enormous social challenges for the Church.

The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily ...

Pope John Paul II also spoke at the event, the newsletter noted. Leo XIV also taught at Tolentine College in south suburban Olympia Fields, Illinois; and continued his ministry in teaching and ...

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