Robert Francis Prevost, the American-born cardinal who was elected pope on Thursday, overcame what many saw as long-shot odds for the papacy.. Here’s a brief timeline for the Roman Catholic ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

Prevost's selection was a surprise, as he was not among some of the top contenders expected to succeed the progressive, popular Pope Francis. He was ordained in 1981 as a member of the Order of ...

Louis Prevost has been up since 7 a.m. doing interviews since his brother was chosen as the new pope, nearly losing his voice through the 40-50 interviews he’s done over the last 24 hours.

Robert Prevost, a tennis-loving, Wordle-playing White Sox fan from Chicago, is now leader of the world's nearly 1.5 billion Catholics. Vatican observers describe what the election of Leo XIV, the ...

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost grew up the youngest of three brothers in the South Chicago suburb of Dolton. He always wanted to be a priest, his older brother, John Prevost, told ABC ...

During his 12-year papacy, Francis sought to remake the U.S. hierarchy, and with Prevost’s help starting in 2023, named more pastorally minded bishops to replace culture warriors favored by ...

Prevost was relatively mum on serious issues about which many Vatican watchers are keen to know his stance. He gave a few nods in his greeting Thursday that signaled his papacy may be a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Who is Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, and what might we expect from his papacy?

As U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost realized during the secret conclave that he might be elected the next Catholic pope, he put his head in his hands at the daunting prospect of leading the 1.4 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected on Thursday, May 8, and took the name Leo XIV for his papacy. ... Significance of Cardinal Prevost's papal name.

His election may have roots in Francis’ papacy. Francis appointed four-fifths of the cardinals who voted in the conclave, many quite recently (including Prevost in 2023) and many from countries ...