Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Cardinal Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a ...

The 68-year-old American was announced as the new Pontiff by His Reverend Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the ...

Image Courtesy of Fox News By Zachary Lichter This past week, Catholics all over the world had their eyes on the Vatican. 133 ...

The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

The contrast with Leo’s predecessor is striking. Pope Francis collaborated closely with Argentine Jews during his years as a ...

New pontiff Robert Francis Prevost embraces a long Catholic tradition of standing with laborers by picking Leo as his name | ...

The pontiff who’s from the United States will be known as Pope Leo XIV (14th). The 68-year-old becomes the 267th Pope.

Prevost is the first US citizen to hold the position of head of the Roman Catholic Church and in the run-up to the conclave, ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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Cardinals from across the globe elected Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th pope, making him the first pontiff from the ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the ...