When Robert Francis Prevost spoke in Spanish to his crowd of supporters for the first time in St. Peter’s Square last week, ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

A Chicago area priest who asked not to be named said of Prevost: “What really bothers me about this new pope is that no matter what his theological background, just like other priests and ...

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...

Prevost was born in Chicago. He served as a missionary in ... As he begins his papacy, observers will be watching how his unique background shapes his leadership style and the initiatives he ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first American pope in history. Here's his nationality, background, age and more.

The parish became too expensive for the Chicago Archdiocese to maintain ... That might be because of his background. Prevost is unusually qualified to address the most pressing challenges of ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Mount Carmel Elementary School in Chicago Heights, where his father was principal. Prevost, who attended ... But he stayed in the background because she was always doing things at the parish.” ...

here's what there is to know about Provost's nationality and background. Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is fluent in Spanish and Italian, was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago ...

The 69-year-old, who holds citizenship in both the United States and Peru, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost served as ...