The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

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

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

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

He later pursued his theological education at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Although the new pontiff is American ...

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

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 ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV ... in the U.S. "They were a Creole of color ...

Robert Prevost, the first American pope known as Leo XIV, emerges as a modest yet influential figure. With roots in Chicago ...