A new book suggests Chicago-born Robert Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

Robert Prevost's Catholic roots were planted in Chicago's south side suburbs, where he grew up playing "pretend priest" and embodies the spirit of a "second Pope Francis," his brother said.

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising election by the world's cardinals as Pope Leo XIV probably had less to do ...

Lisa and Rich Solava and Denise Utter were friends with Robert Prevost long before he became pope — and have the selfies to prove it. They are in Vatican City for Leo's inauguration.

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in ...

By Lisa Hughes Click here for updates on this story Massachusetts (WBZ) — Chicago native Robert Prevost is now the first pope ever from the United States. He chose Leo XIV as his papal name.

He was formally installed on May 9, the day after Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, was selected as the next pope following Pope Francis’ death on April 21.

Louis Prevost of Port Charlotte, Florida, said he and his younger brother, the newly elected pope, grew up in Chicago—and even as a kid, people teased Robert would one day become pope.

When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter’s Basilica last week, 73-year-old Port Charlotte resident Louis Prevost learned that his brother — Cardinal Robert Prevost — had been elected pope.

The subhead read: "Robert Francis Prevost spent much of his time in the early COVID-19 pandemic writing an anarchist zine in Portland describing how to best fist-fight police officers." ...