Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected by the conclave at the Vatican on Thursday, May 8. Prevost is originally from Chicago and is the first American pope.

As news spread the conclave selected a new pope, students, faculty and staff came to a halt at the University of Dallas, a ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

The reaction among church leaders to the news of Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost being named the first American pope ...

Reactions in the U.S. — from monastic communities, school classrooms and city churches — not only cheered the significance of ...

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

From the St. Peter’s Basilica to his native Chicago to his diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, Catholic faithful around the world ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

Just three weeks ago, the façade of the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown was draped in black bunting to mourn ...

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...