Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney are in Rome is traveling to the Vatican to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV, according to her office. “I am humbled and honored to be

Chicagoans in Rome this weekend who knew the former Robert Prevost during his religious studies on the South Side and work in Peru say he will lead the Catholic Church "with a deep sensitivity for people who are the most suffering,

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first American pope.

"We are simply overjoyed," said Sister Barbara Reid, president of Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, where Pope Leo earned his Master of Divinity in 1982.

In a historic and politically charged moment at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, shook hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska as

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first U.S. pope a day after Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV.

European and U.S. leaders welcomed U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement that Pope Leo XIV is open to hosting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, according to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia