In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, Robert Francis Prevost, a cardinal from the south suburbs of Chicago, has been elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

Elected as the 267th pope, Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church under the name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost is also deeply connected to Latin America through his ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican’s dicastery for bishops, has been elected as the new Pope. At 69, Prevost brings extensive experience from his missionary work and ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope Francis and lead the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken ...

(CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis ... Prevost earned his bachelor’s in mathematics from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and went on receive his diploma in theology from the Catholic ...

Agostino Giovagnoli, a professor of Church history at Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, described the more ...

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

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan extended heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Robert Francis ...

When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered alone in my living room watching the announcement live on national news. Within ...