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

"He’s the one who gave me permission to stay there" in 2000, James M. Ray, the former priest, told the Chicago Sun-Times ...

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Prevost, 69, was considered a contender for the papacy but was largely overlooked by many bettors and experts in favor of ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

brother of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, Credit...Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times John Prevost knew there was a chance his brother could be elected pope. “Last Saturday ...

“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope ... I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!” Chris Wimbush, interim president ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been elected to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, more than two weeks after the death of Pope Francis. The 69-year-old was ...

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The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

Here's what to know about him. Where is Pope Leo XIV from? Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955. He is the first U.S. pope in the church's history, and is also a citizen ...

Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025.