The conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American-born cleric, as the new popeNow the 267th pontiff, he will be known as Pope Leo XIV as he assumes the mantle of spiritual ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church ... 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost proclaimed ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ... out many of his progressive reforms designed to modernize the Catholic church. Among Prevost’s more controversial moves with Francis was adding women to ...

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

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The first American pope in history has been named as Robert ... Thursday. Prevost, 69, was born in Chicago, Illinois and began studying to become a priest with the Catholic Church at the age ...

Jason Horowitz Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from ...

History was made on Thursday when Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the first American head of the Catholic Church, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV. The idea of an American pope has ...

Pope Leo XIV has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, marking a historic moment as the first American ever to assume the papacy. Born Robert Francis Prevost, he now leads ...