A cardinal of the Catholic church originally from Chicago yet who, by some strange miracle, doesn’t appear to have any Irish ...

The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

Chicago's St. Mary's church, connected to Pope Leo XIV's past, captures local interest amid restoration efforts.

Violence at teen takeovers doesn’t come from young people gathering, but the feelings of hopelessness many young people live ...

She served as chief of staff to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, and helped lead the city's bid for the 2016 Olympics. The former mayor was among those in attendance at Tuesday morning's outdoor ...

(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side Robert Prevost was born on Sept. 14, 1955, at Mercy ...

CHICAGO – At St. Mary of the Assumption school in Chicago’s southern suburbs, Robert Prevost was quiet, kind and studious. Mostly, he wanted to be a priest. It was the 1960s, and the parish ...

and his Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton with his parents and two brothers. He grew up in St. Mary of the Assumption parish on the Far South Side ...

Following a disappointing second-round loss to the eventual-champion Florida Gators, Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies have started to build their roster for the 2025-26 college basketball season.

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. Those who’ve worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he’ll elevate women’s roles — with limits Pope meets ...