Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed ...

The Catholic Church has witnessed a historic transformation with the selection of Robert Prevost as its new leader. Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, marks a significant milestone as the first ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

Who is Cardinal Robert Prevost? Pope Leo the XIV will be the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the Fourteenth (Vatican) ...

Francis brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

He is the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church, elected by his fellow cardinals on the second day of their conclave. Prevost appeared on the loggia of St. Peter’s Square wearing the ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order who spent his career ministering in Peru, took the name Leo XIV. 'A sliding doors moment': Donald Trump appears backed into a ...

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church By The Associated Press May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 ...