Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, making him the first ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

Prevost, the 267th leader of the church and the first American pope, is now Leo XIV. But back when he was skinny undergrad at Nova, he was just Robert. The Chicago native was in what the church calls ...

He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in ...

Chicago native Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost had been a long shot to people keeping track of the conclave, but ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.

White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Thursday, May 8, signaling that the Vatican has elected a new ...

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old from ...