Chicagoans are showing hometown pride online after one of their own, Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected the next pope.

Spirits were high in Chicago on Friday, one day after Pope Leo XIV was officially installed as the leader of the Catholic ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

But the jubilant crowds weren't reserved for Rome. Chicagoans were quick to embrace their newly elected homegrown pope. Some of the excitement for the new pontiff emerged before the conclave even ...

CHICAGO – Rome, the ancient city and historic home of the Catholic Church, felt close to the South Side on Sunday as ...

CHICAGO – Rome, the ancient city and historic home of the Catholic Church, felt close to the South Side on Sunday as Chicagoans were ... letting the world know a new pope had been chosen.

Many users also proclaimed hope the new pope would represent Chicago's history of social justice. “For Catholic Chicagoans, to have a native son who has been born and raised in a city where ...

Robert Prevost was born and raised in the Chicago area. He’s taken the name Leo XIV. Thursday, May 8, the papal conclave chose Robert Prevost to be the next head of the Roman Catholic Church. He ...

Many users also proclaimed hope the new pope would represent Chicago's history of social justice. “For Catholic Chicagoans, to have a native son who has been born and raised in a city where ...