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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Mount Carmel Elementary School in Chicago Heights, where his father was principal. Prevost, who attended ... But he stayed in the background because she was always doing things at the parish.” ...

Robert Prevost has been appointed as the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago, he becomes the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Known for his mission work in Peru, he was ...

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

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday ... and rich fabric of the American story. The pope’s background was unearthed Thursday by a New Orleans genealogist ...