Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

in northern Peru in a region where the Chicago Augustinians have long had a presence. Then newly elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, right, receives his ...

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost.

Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Image of a grave marker in Chicago for members of the Martinez family, including the new pope’s grandparents.Credit...via Jari C. Honora Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal ...

According to his Vatican biography, the cardinal was born in Chicago in September 1955. Local records detail that Robert Francis Prevost, like his older brothers, was born at Mercy Hospital at ...

Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in Dolton, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church as the 267th pope.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and gradually rose through the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church. By Eve Sampson Robert Francis Prevost, the American-born cardinal who was ...

American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV. The announcement was made on Thursday, May 8, about an hour after white smoke billowed ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, was selected by the papal conclave on May 8 after 2 days, elected by the College of Cardinals to succeed Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88.