Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." By now you’ve probably heard about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff and the 267th head of ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

When Robert Francis Prevost spoke in Spanish to his crowd of supporters for the first time in St. Peter’s Square last week, Edgewater resident Julio Fernandez said it made him tear up. “I’ve lived in ...

Los católicos de toda la región celebraron el jueves 8 de mayo el histórico anuncio de que el primer papa estadounidense en los 2,000 años de historia de la Iglesia había nacido y se había criado en ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead the Catholic Church. The appointment came in 2023 following Pope Francis’s ...

Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. CNN — Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is ...

Born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, Pope Leo (née Robert Francis Prevost) is the first Augustinian and second pope from the Americas. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago’s south side ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion wafers shall be deep dish, ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or ...