"Peace be with all of you!" Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the Catholic Church. As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost addressed the ecstatic crowd gathered in St ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV was welcomed as the newest pontiff by a sea of faithful and an uninterrupted view of St. Peter’s Square on Thursday. Conversely, Pope Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost, introduced himself ...

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 ...

Among the thousands of spectators who gathered in Vatican City to watch Pope Leo XIV—born Robert Francis Prevost—step onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square to assume his new role as leader ...

Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area and marveled that ...

Robert Francis Prevost, born in the U.S., has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th leader of the Catholic Church. Local Catholics express excitement and hope for Pope Leo XIV, believing he will ...

Born January 15th 1938, to the late Francis and Marcella Heiting, was called to heaven on May 17, 2025. Beloved husband of Edie for 16 years. Dear dad of Cindy (the late Val) and loving grandpa to ...

The Issue: The election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the next pope of the Catholic Church. We now have an American pope in Robert Francis Prevost (“Chicago pope,” May 9). Prevost ...