Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Francis. The 69-year-old, the first American to hold the position ...

Within minutes of his name being announced as Pope Leo XIV last Thursday there was a surge in Google searches asking: “who is Robert Prevost”? This is not surprising. Until his name rang out ...

The youngest son of Louis and Mildred Prevost, Pope Leo has two older brothers: John Joseph Prevost and Louis Martín Prevost. Both brothers have spoken to national media in the aftermath of Pope ...

Sitting on her porch a few doors down the street, Marie Nowling had a piece of history in her hand. She showed The Telegraph dog-eared photos of herself with Pope Leo, then Cardinal Prevost ...

Through her research, she found that his great-grandparents, Jacques Martínez and Marie Rosa Ramos ... Although his mother, Mildred Martinez Prevost, is listed as white on her birth certificate ...

"I think we family because my last name is Prevost and his last name is Prevost," he said. Marie Ange Fleurissant is also proud of the Pope. Hearing the news, she said, "Pè a se on Ayisyen ...

Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Prevost was born in Chicago. He served as a missionary in Peru. His experience in Latin America and the US ...

Prevost (the new pontiff’s birth name ... and now we have somebody who represents that,” said Lodya Dhego Jean Marie, a priest from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who now ...

Donation Options Search Search Search John Prevost points to an old photo of his brothers, including the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost (left) during an interview at his home in New Lenox.

In his first words as Pope Leo XIV, 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost proclaimed “Peace be with you,” invoking a message of dialogue, unity and care for those in need from Vatican City.