On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

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

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.

Cardinal Robert Prevost – a Chicago native who spent his career ministering to the poor in Peru – has been elected the 267 th pope, marking the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church ...

making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a former prefect of the influential ... one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first ...

When white smoke billowed out from the stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, most people were watching from their screens, but Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester Diocese had a front row ...

The Hyde Park school was founded in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, which shaped its teachings and philosophy toward religious education. It features courses in Catholic-Jewish studies and ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church.

making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, an 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 ...