He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in ...

Specifically, Leo’s steadfast commitment to human rights and democratic values, of which he has always been an advocate, suggests a firm basis for a decisive stance should tensions escalate in the ...

Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago and spent two decades of service to the church in Peru will now be known as Pope Leo XIV. We go to the Vatican to hear what it was like in St. Peter's ...

Here’s a look at what we discovered about some of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s family members in the Tribune archives.

Beyond Peru, Prevost is considered a moderately progressive ... Catholic communities in Peru have expressed pride in his deep ties to the country. In his first message after his election, Prevost ...

Robert Prevost made history on Thursday as he walked out on the balcony at the Vatican as the new head of the Catholic Church, ...

For years, there were allegations of abuse within the hugely influential Catholic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), which had deep ties ... public. Prevost, who lived in Peru as a ...

As the first -ever Pope to hail from the U.S., Robert Prevost's American sports ties quickly became a point ... He remained in Peru until he was moved to the Vatican in 2023.

The College of Cardinals elected American Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope on Thursday in ... including assignments in St. Louis, Chicago, Peru, and most recently, Rome. On Thursday, Archbishop ...

Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago and spent two decades of service to the church in... New Pope Has Ties To U.S. and Peru The world's 1.4 billion Catholics now have a new pope. Robert ...