The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

Bishop Lawrence Persico issues a statement welcoming Pope Leo XIV. With profound gratitude and heartfelt joy, I write to you ...

Pope Leo XIV received congratulations from former presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush to other politicians with ...

For the first time in history, a United States bishop was selected as the new pope of the Catholic Church on Thursday ...

(KNSI) – The Diocese of Saint Cloud is welcoming the election of the first American-born Pope in Church history. The bells ...

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

Who is Robert Francis Prevost, the 267th Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church? Elected on Friday (Manila time), 69-year-old ...

Topps NOW® has released a limited-edition trading card commemorating the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born ...

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first American-born ...

Americans in Rome were delighted at a US-born pope being chosen on Thursday, 8 May, after more than two-thirds of the ...