Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Though he spent much of his life abroad, the new Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, hails from the Chicago area, ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Robert Prevost, 69, now known as Pope Leo XIV, attended St. Augustine Seminary in Laketown Township, now known as Felt ...

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Chicago-born Robert Prevost was elected Thursday as the first pope ever from the United States. He chose Leo XIV as his papal ...

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Learn more about Pope Leo XIV after he was selected to become the first American-born pontiff. Robert Francis Prevost grew up ...

CHICAGO — At Catholic elementary schools ... enrolling in St. Augustine Seminary High School near Holland, Michigan, a boarding school for boys. There, he lived in the Augustinian tradition ...

CHICAGO – At St. Mary of the Assumption ... But both wound up attending St. Augustine Catholic Seminary boarding school in Michigan, studying at Villanova University in Philadelphia and earning ...