On the second day of the conclave, the 133 cardinals elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, is the new pope and has taken the name ...

Francis brought Prevost, 69, 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 ...

For the first time, the pope is from the United States. The world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics have a new spiritual leader, the 267th pontiff to lead the nearly 2,000-year-old church. Robert Francis ...

A huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square awaited the announcement of the pope’s identity Thursday, and they were rewarded to see the face of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerge. The newly ...

White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Thursday, May 8, signaling that the Vatican has elected a new Pope. After a short wait, Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Robert Francis Prevost has officially been selected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, making history ...

Prevost emphasizes a Church focused on justice, mercy, and inclusivity, moving away from traditional hierarchical structures. Prevost's experiences in Peru and as an Augustinian have shaped his ...

The Catholic Church elected its new pope on May 8, 2025, to succeed the late Pope Francis. Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now known as Pope Leo XIV, and the Chicago native has already made ...

Story Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church. The decision was announced after 133 cardinals deliberated for two days while ...

Betting on who would emerge from the papal conclave as the new pope was always akin to burning money, as there was no way to predict who the cardinals would vote to be their new leader. But that ...

The brother of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis’s footsteps to serve and look out for “those who don’t have a voice.” John ...

Tweets from an X account appearing to belong to the newly elected leader of the Catholic Church, Robert Francis Prevost, resurfaced and were widely shared on social media Thursday, showing him ...