Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first American pope in history. Here's his nationality, background, age and more.

A Chicago area priest who asked not to be named said of Prevost: “What really bothers me about this new pope is that no matter what his theological background, just like other priests and ...

Prevost was born in Chicago. He served as a missionary in ... As he begins his papacy, observers will be watching how his unique background shapes his leadership style and the initiatives he ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope in the history of the Catholic church on Thursday.

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...

Robert Prevost has been appointed as the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago, he becomes the first American ...

The parish became too expensive for the Chicago Archdiocese to maintain ... That might be because of his background. Prevost is unusually qualified to address the most pressing challenges of ...

The 69-year-old, who holds citizenship in both the United States and Peru, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost served as ...