LIMA, Peru — Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country and who they see as one of their own was elected pope. Pope Leo ...
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...
Ximena Valdivia Muro, a coordinator of the Youth Pastoral Ministry, during her visits to Cardinal Robert Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – in the Vatican. (Credit: Private photo given to Crux.) Listen SÃO ...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The American press has made much of the fact that the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Prevost), is the first ...
Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South. A pope from Chicago with citizenship in Peru? In a Chicago suburb, evangelical ...
MANILA, Philippines — (Update 2, 2:50 a.m.) Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — who holds nationality in both the United States and Peru — emerged Thursday as Pope Leo XIV, embracing his new role as ...