Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. ... He is the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church, elected by his fellow cardinals on the second day of their conclave.

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

T he Catholic Church has witnessed a historic transformation with the selection of Robert Prevost as its new leader. Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, marks a significant milestone as the first ...

VATICAN CITY — American Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected the 267th supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday by the College of Cardinals, ending a two-day conclave in the ...

Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the Catholic Church. As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost addressed the ecstatic crowd gathered in St. Peter’s square, he ...

Robert Prevost, an 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 ...

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 ...