Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during the weekly Angelus prayer on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Catholics continue to pay tribute to Pope Francis. As mourners wait for the public viewing to begin ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

Chicago Catholics gathered at an Easter Monday Mass in Pilsen to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and mourn the ...

Also invoking King’s legacy was David Houle of Highland Park. Raised on the South Side of Chicago and now in his 70s, his ...

The world will be anxiously awaiting news of who will become the next pope, but Chicago will play a pivotal role in that process.

Monday was a day of bittersweet mourning, reflection and anticipation for Catholics in the Inland Northwest after news arrived of Pope Francis’s death at 88 years old.

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, "will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church ...

Cupich was born in Omaha and ordained to the priesthood of the Archdiocese of Omaha in 1975. In 2014, he was appointed as Archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis, and then in 2016, the pope elevated ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88. ‘Death is not the end but the start of something,’ he recently wrote, prefacing a soon-to-be ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

A requiem Mass for Pope Francis will be held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Illinois Monday night as ...