Prevost, 69, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops ...

Robert Prevost’s election as pope stunned many Catholics skeptical that an American would ever be elevated to that role.

Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

(RNS) — The Holy Spirit surprised us Thursday (May 8) by electing Robert Prevost, an Illinois native who is also a citizen of ...

Americans in St. Peter's Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was ...

Reaction was swift, widespread and boisterous in Chicago on Thursday after the Vatican announced the election of the ...

When Roger Williams, founder of the Rhode Island colony, talked with local Native Americans, he reported that the younger tribe members were surprised by the earthquake. But older tribe members ...

“It was certainly a surprise, frankly ... of the electors went beyond the sort of political considerations of American superpower status, simply to find the best man available, who, in a ...

"Usually Catholics from the United States never, ever get to be pope, so that was kind of a shock and surprise and actually ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, was selected by the papal conclave ... Prevost's selection was a surprise, as he was not among some of the top contenders expected to succeed the ...