Asked whether it was unexpected for an American to be elected, Father Reese said: “Oh yeah, shocking.” Robert Prevost, who ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and gradually rose through the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has two older brothers: John Prevost and Louis Martín Prevost. John, a retired educator and school principal, ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Roman Gabriel, a graduate of New Hanover High School who went on to become an NFL Most Valuable Player with the Los Angeles ...

News of the first U.S. pope prompted plenty of celebration in Central Illinois, heightened by the fact that the Catholic Church's new leader has roots just a few hours away.

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- First Place Winners of the 2025 Musical Life Competition will ...

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next ...

Chicagoan Cole Ceravolo, a Notre Dame student who was in Vatican City for the announcement, described the excitement he felt hearing a hometown cardinal had been selected to lead the Roman ...

The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation ... provide a visual account of the history of the Roman Catholic faith, as well as the history of the Catholic Church in the United States ...