Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first American pope in history. Here's his nationality, background, age and more.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope.

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

He later pursued his theological education at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Although the new pontiff is American ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope in the history of the Catholic church on Thursday.

A Chicago area priest who asked not to be named said of Prevost: “What really bothers me about this new pope is that no matter what his theological background, just like other priests and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

The 69-year-old, who holds citizenship in both the United States and Peru, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost served as ...

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...