VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes ...

Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the prior general, or leader, of the Order of St. Augustine.

The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists ...

Bishop Larry Sullivan, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, told a press conference that it’s an exciting day for the city and the country as Leo XIV becomes the new pontiff. “I would say the ...

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VATICAN CITY, — In a historic and unprecedented moment for the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Prevost — a Chicago-born missionary who spent decades serving in Peru — has been elected pope, ...

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

Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...