American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him ...

Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. And Prevost's brother, John, ...

In the summer of 1973, the war was still raging in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal was unfolding in Washington, and protests roiled college campuses nationwide. But on leafy Villanova University just ...

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - Celebrations for Pope Leo XIV have swept ...

Between class periods at Turlock’s Sacred Heart School on Thursday, the news that white smoke could be seen coming from the ...

His little brother, Robert Francis Prevost, is now Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in the Catholic Church's history, an incredible fate for a boy from Chicago who dreamt of becoming a priest.

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents on his mother’s side lived in New Orleans before they migrated to Chicago, where his mother, ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

On May 8, 2025, 69-year-old Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, has made history as the first American ever selected as pope. Now officially known as Pope Leo XIV, his appointment has sparked ...

A day after the conclusive papal election, more US Catholic cardinals and bishops voiced their gratitude, joy and hopes for ...

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, emerged as the first American Pope after a swift two-day ...