Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of ...

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Prevost was born Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, and his Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton with his parents and two brothers.

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV took his baseball fandom to the Vatican. The 69-year-old Prevost was photographed wearing a ...

These are hard times for Chicago White Sox fans of all ages, midway through what looks like their third straight season of ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the historic election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on June 14 at Rate Field, home of the White Sox.

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch. He was known as Robert Prevost on the city's South Side and is a known White Sox fan. Earlier this week he was spotted wearing a White Sox hat.

“So many people who suffer from different experiences of depression or sadness — they can discover that the love of God is truly healing, that it brings hope,” the first American pope said in a video ...

How these Chicago nuns use sports to spread their message of service: "When we band together, we’re powerful." ...

That title took on extra meaning for the resident of Saint Anthony Majestic Care in Crown Point on Thursday, when Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, 69, became the first Augustinian and American ...