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.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel on the second day of their conclave - a process that has been ...

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.

the church elected its first American pope on the fourth ballot of the 2025 papal conclave. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Robert Prevost, a Chicago native with extensive Midwest ...

"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson in a statement.

VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from ...

Among those ruling out chances of a U.S.-born pope was Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago. However, the new Pope Leo XIV quickly broadened his Chicago roots after becoming a ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the 267th Pope. He was elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel on the second day of their conclave — a process ...

The Chicago archdiocese celebrated the news of the pope’s election in a press conference ... including "what it means to have been born in Chicago, what it means to have been educated here ...

Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in Dolton, was selected to lead the Catholic Church as their 267th pope. With his election to the papacy, he will be known as Pope Leo XIV.