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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 ...
The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...
Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.
Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025.
Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis, birth name Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed 80% of the cardinals who voted to elect one ...
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 ...
It seems that Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has previously condemned President ...