Newly named Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, right, receives his biretta from Pope Francis as he is elevated in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023.

The world has welcomed its new pope: Robert Francis Prevost. On May 8, 2025, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a new pope had been chosen following the passing of Pope ...

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Robert Francis Prevost: In a historic decision, Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV. With this, he became the first American to ascend the papacy and lead about 1.4 billion ...

After a relatively short conclave, our reporter was with the crowd in St. Peter's Square as they got their first glimpse of Pope Leo XIV. Now, Vatican insiders are guessing among themselves how much ...

"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 ...

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 ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, the cardinals gathered in Conclave to elect the new successor of St. Peter. Locked in the Sistine chapel, it took them 4 scrutinies, that is, four ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News. On Thursday, that prophecy came true ...

Authors Daniel Burke (NPR's religion and spirituality senior editor) and Scott Detrow ("All Things Considered" co-host) began their discussion about Robert Prevost's journey from the South Side of ...

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A new pope has risen. After an even shorter conclave than the two-day affair during which Pope Francis was elected, the College of Cardinals picked Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, as the new leader ...