Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the first Pope from the United States and a relative unknown on the global stage.

Robert Prevost, from Chicago, Illinois, has become the 267th pope, the first time in 2,000 years that an American has been appointed to lead the Catholic Church (Reuters) ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, was then introduced as Pope Leo XIV. He's the first pope from the US and the 267th pope overall. Here's what you need to know about Pope Leo XIV.

The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, is the first American pope. But what else do we know about him? Prevost, 69, was born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955.

Prevost - also known as Father Bob - returned to work as a pastor in Chicago in 1987 for one year before becoming the head of the Augustinian seminary in Trujillo, Peru - a role he kept for a decade.

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, first American to hold papacy in Catholic Church’s history Eric Reguly European bureau chief Rome Published May 8, 2025 Updated May 12, 2025 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost poses for pictures at the end of the consistory during which he received the biretta hat from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican City on Sept. 30, 2023.