Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV called for unity in an increasingly divided world Sunday during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s ...

The Catholic church is preparing to inaugurate its 267th pontiff Sunday in an incense-laced rite heralding the start of a ...

The memes, image edits and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot ...

In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue ... There will be Oprah exuberantly shouting “You get a new pope!