A Chicago family made sure Pope Leo XIV got a taste of home when they visited Rome, giving him a special “Da Pope” Bears t-shirt.

Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Observatory. He commemorated the 1969 moon landing. He observed the Sea of Tranquility. The ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV spoke publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff Thursday, recalling that from the age of six he used to get up early to serve as an altar boy at ...

Before becoming the Vatican’s VIP, Leo XIV was better known around these parts as Bob Prevost. Here’s a tour of his local ...

A spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, Illinois, said the community is working to have the house named a historical site, ...

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

In the days following Robert Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV, the world sought to understand this relatively unknown man.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square to hold his weekly general audience at the Vatican on June 25, 2025. AP. Dolton village leaders praised the purchase of the Pope’s home as a “once ...

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark ...

A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on Tuesday to take control of the property. Since the pope’s ...