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

A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — has been welcomed with American capitalism in his home city, with ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are ...

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

Robert Prevost, a 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 2,000-year ...

After multiple votes over two days, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was raised in Chicago, has been elected as the first-ever ...

But a few hours before the American Airlines flight from Chicago arrived at Rome’s Fiumicino airport Saturday morning, a flight attendant approached his neighbor in the middle seat: “The pilots would ...

For the first time, there's a US pope. Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost, is from Chicago and is a citizen of Peru.

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 ...