Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

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 ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from the U.S., and took the name Leo XIV.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected ... tolling the news that the Catholic Church has a new pope. The vote came on the second day of the papal election process known as ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. He took the ...

VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born ... was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the ...

was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who ... was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian ...