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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Continuing the cycle of traditions that await a new pope, the newly elected pontiff addressed his cardinals in English and ...

Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after ...

US President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost Martinez on being the first American-born pope, who chose to ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John ...

Euronews was in St Peter's Square along with 150,000 people who flocked to greet the first-ever pope to hail from the US.

Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, ...

Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes has expressed his congratulations to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. The American Cardinal ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago (United States) in 1955, marks a series of firsts for the papacy: he is the first American and ...

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