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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — — 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 ...

Prevost, 69, was born in Chicago and is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. He spent his career ministering in Peru and recently led the Vatican’s powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV. In his first ...

He 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.

Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary and former Vatican official, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV and signaling a new era for the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears Thursday on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the ...

INTERNATIONAL Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV by Nicole Winfield May 8, 2025 ...