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

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day ...

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.