Cardinal Prevost overtook the favorite, Italian Cardinal Parolin, during a historic conclave.

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

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel today signaled that a conclave of cardinals selected a new pope: Robert Prevost of the United States. He is the first American pope in history and will go ...

Naperville resident Will Wagner rode to victory this year and last in the Little 500, an annual cycling race held at Indiana ...

Robert Prevost, a 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 2,000-year ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955. He is the first American pope in the church’s ...

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.

The Indian-born British author will speak at the literary and arts festival in June to discuss his recent books, Knife and ...