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Pontiff warns against picking ‘technology, success’ over faith amid ‘anti-Trump’ claims - The 69-year-old former cardinal was ...

Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world on Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the liturgy.

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Leo is a member of the Order of St. Augustine, the only Augustinian in this conclave. The order, founded in 1244 under Pope ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

Hundreds are expected to gather at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago this morning for a special Mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost. CHICAGO - Hundreds will gather in ...

At the University, students shared a range of perspectives on his legacy of reform, inclusivity and his impact on the global ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.