Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

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Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

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

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel today signaled that a conclave of cardinals selected a new pope: Robert Prevost ...

"Peace be with all of you!" Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the Catholic Church.As ...

Seniors at St. Rita High School on Chicago's Southwest Side were given a pretty straightforward assignment this week: choose ...

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attended the Catholic Theological Union from 1977 until 1982, when he graduated with a master ...