One of the new pope’s brothers has given an interview to a Chicago TV station, shedding light on how Cardinal Robert Prevost prepared for the Vatican conclave that elected him pontiff. Turns out the ...

VATICAN CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - As U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost realized during the secret conclave that he might be elected the next Catholic pope, he put his head in his hands at the daunting ...

(NewsNation) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, has been selected as the new pope and taken the name Leo XIV. White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday after Prevost secured ...

The College of Cardinals Thursday elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, as the Catholic Church's 267th pope. Prevost, 69, took the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope from the ...

Former Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV (left), and his brothers John Prevost (center) and Louis Prevost. (Courtesy of Deborah Prevost) A day before the conclave to elect a new pope, Louis ...

Before his election, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost spoke clearly on synodality, Church unity, sexual morality, and the role of bishops and women in the Church. Before his May 9, 2025, election as ...

“I just didn’t think there would be an American pope in this geopolitical climate,” one respondent said. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears with, from ...

As newly elected Pope Leo XIV — a native son of Chicago — made his first appearance on the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Blase Cupich looked on from an adjacent balcony, keenly aware of the ...

ROME -- Prior to being elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV had a presence on Twitter, and later X, where he sometimes shared messages that appeared to be critical of some of President Donald Trump's ...