Leo is the youngest of three brothers. John Prevost, who is the middle son and one year older than the pontiff, spoke to the ...

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

For the first time in history, an American from Chicago has been selected as the new pope of the Catholic Church, and some ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first U.S. pontiff. Faith leaders nationwide shared prayers for his leadership of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, the ...

Habemus papam, Ozarks. Or rather, “We have a Pope, Ozarks.” In speed with the news of Cardinal Robert Prevost’s election as ...

News of the first U.S. pope prompted plenty of celebration in Central Illinois, heightened by the fact that the Catholic ...

Robert Prevost became the first U.S. pope elected ... which is the center of spiritual life on campus, reacting with amazement at the news. Ryan Hartnett, a senior from Doylestown, said ...

As with Obama, many locals have a personal connection ... Leo's brother John Prevost told ABC News on Thursday that Leo never "questioned" his vocation in life and that, as a child, he often ...