Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

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Pope Leo spent the days leading up to the secretive vote in the Vatican that would make him the first American head of the ...

For Vatican observers, Pope Leo XIV is the biggest shock since the last conclave, when an Argentine Jesuit who was on nobody’s list became Pope Francis. How did this happen? Prior to the 2013 conclave ...

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Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...

In his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV urged humility among Cardinals and emphasized the importance of serving the Church with ...

The Conclave Election announcement of Pope Leo XIV drew a massive crowd to Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

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Tears swelled in Nancy Eder’s eyes when she found out Robert F. Prevost was elected as the Vatican’s first American pope and ...

The Chicago native will now take the papal name Leo xiv, a name he says was taken in honor of the late pope Leo XIII, who was a strong revolutionary and reformer who navigated the church through ...