Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history on May 8, 2025, when he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the ...

A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear.

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

Pope Leo XIV's election marks the second straight time the cardinals have selected someone from the Americas, as well as a ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected the new pope of the Catholic Church, making him the ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church is American Robert Francis Prevost, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to a crowd in ...

Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary and member of the Augustinian religious order, was elected as the first American ...

People across metro Atlanta are not only celebrating a new Pope, but also the very first American to be named pontiff.