Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

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 ...

A copy of the doctoral thesis of Fr Robert Prevost — elected this year as Pope Leo XIV — has been discovered in the rare ...

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

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered alone in my living room watching the announcement live on national news. Within ...

Habemus papam!” Those words echoed to the faithful around the world, including those waiting outside St. Peter’s Basilica as jubilous cheers erupted from the crowd. “We have a pope!” In his first ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...

In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, Robert Francis Prevost, a cardinal from the south suburbs of Chicago, has been elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.

Prevost was so dedicated to becoming a priest ... The new pope takes the helm of the Catholic Church at a time when global conflict and divides over immigration, politics and culture are on ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named the new pope of the Catholic Church, USA TODAY reports. The successor to Pope Francis, who will go by the name Leo XIV, goes down in ...