After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki called it a joyful and historic moment after Cardinals elect the first American to lead the the ...

But Pope Leo can only vote if he is a U.S. citizen. Voting as a dual citizen is not uncommon — Pope Leo also holds ...

The powerful Big Apple cardinal served as “kingmaker” for fellow US Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, rallying support in ...

Illinois congressman Mike Bost has announced he’s running for re-election. Bost was first elected to congress in 2014.

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Two local Democratic leaders announced Thursday that they will run for the Illinois State Senate's Ninth District seat in ...

Pope Leo XIV is "a registered Republican who has voted in Republican primaries when not living abroad," conservative ...

Robert Prevost, the latest — and first American — pope was raised in the Chicago area, where his childhood home was recently ...

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, has cast ballots in seven separate elections since 2012, including three Republican primaries ...