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 new pope has been named following the death of former Pope Francis. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the XIV, delivered a speech and a prayer before his inauguration at St. Peter's Square. His ...

Pope Leo XIV named Thursday a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S.

NCR sat down with John Prevost, the brother of Pope Leo XIV. This first excerpt from that interview with the middle of the ...

Christoph Sator, Robert Messer and Martina Herzog, dpa May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 ROME — The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday as the new head ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — After two days of conclave and only four votes, the cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the Catholic church's next pope. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. After weeks of ...

PHOENIX - May 8 was a groundbreaking day of sorts for the Roman Catholic faith, as cardinals in the church voted, for the first time, to install an American as their leader. The election of Robert ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed fellow Chicagoan Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York, ...

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