Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born 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 ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

A new pope has been named following the death of former Pope Francis. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the XIV, delivered a speech and a prayer before his inauguration at St. Peter's Square. His ...

As the United States of America approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, the country has achieved something many observers thought was generations if not centuries away: It has produced a ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead the Catholic Church. The appointment came in 2023 following Pope Francis’s ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — After two days of conclave and only four votes, the cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the Catholic church's next pope. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. After weeks of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Across Middle Tennessee and around the globe, devoted Catholics are celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, as the first pope from the ...

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