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Robert Francis Prevost, who became the first pope from the United States and took the name Leo XIV, has always been a ...
Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.
Prevost benefited from being the “least American” of the U.S. cardinals, from being an acolyte of Pope Francis’ but not a ...
He was known just as Bob, a White Sox fan from the South Side of Chicago. Now a mild-mannered cardinal with a minimal social ...
The Archdiocese of Newark and Catholics in Scotch Plains and Fanwood are celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first U.S. pope, Pope Leo XIV, amid controversy and comparisons to predecessors.
Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...
IN OUR HOME TOWN OF MORATUWA PEOPLE ALWAYS CALLED HIM CAPTAIN HE FLEW SPITFIRES AND DAKOTAS IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION I ...
Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...
Robert Prevost’s brother, John, said a neighbor once told him he’d be pope. Who is Pope Leo XIV?The 69-year-old Chicago ...
Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.
In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...