The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said, “I join Catholics around the world in congratulating Pope Leo XIV, the first American ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV all over the world, showed signs of becoming a pious servant of god from a very young age, as per his school mate John Doughney, who recently spoke to People ...

Already on the second day of the conclave, a decision was made on the election of the new head of the Catholic Church. The cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost, making it the first time an ...

The debate began immediately upon the announcement that the 267th pope of the Catholic Church was to be an American: What kind of American? The every word of Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, ...

Pope Leo apparently will take issue with one of the US President's most aggressive policies, according to his brother.

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

Chicago native Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost had been a long shot to people keeping track of the conclave, but ...

Leo, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine at 22 years old after graduating ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Many sites associated with past popes’ lives have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s ...