Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. CNN — Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope on May 8 — the first American in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. The 69-year-old took the name Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIV has spent years ...

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ever hold the papacy, the moment was both historic and surprising. Prevost ...

Christoph Sator, Robert Messer and Martina Herzog, dpa May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 ROME — The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday as the new head ...

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8 — taking the name Pope Leo XIV and making history as the first-ever pope from America ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

I was one of the army of commentators who confidently asserted that no American would be elected pope. Relying on the common wisdom, I told numerous journalists and broadcasters that until the United ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." By now you’ve probably heard about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff and the 267th head of ...

Los católicos de toda la región celebraron el jueves 8 de mayo el histórico anuncio de que el primer papa estadounidense en los 2,000 años de historia de la Iglesia había nacido y se había criado en ...