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

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

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Cardinal Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a ...

The 69-year-old will become Leo XIV as he succeeds the late Pope Francis, who brought the Peruvian-American to the Vatican ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from ...

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he was selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 ...

Here comes ‘Da Pope.’ Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion ...

In a historic decision announced today, the Catholic Church elected Cardinal Robert Prevost—born in Chicago—as its next pope.

So few expected Robert Prevost to walk out onto the balcony at the Vatican as the new head of the Catholic Church. And yet, on Thursday the Chicago-born cardinal-bishop, known by friends as “Bob ...

While growing up in the Chicago area, Robert Prevost often played “pretend priest,” his older brother John Prevost recalled after the announcement. The younger brother would set up a table ...

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.