The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

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

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope ...

Robert Francis Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV, marking the first U.S.-born and Augustinian leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared their reaction to "fellow Chicagoan" Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV, the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of ...

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When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8 — taking ...

The Reverend James Bretzke, a theology professor at John Carroll University in Ohio, told USA Today this week that a diplomat ...

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected Thursday as the first American pope. Here’s what to know about him and ...