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Robert Francis Prevost

Jubilant Peruvians celebrate new pope
Pope Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, first set foot in Peru four decades ago as a missionary.
12 May 20252 MIN READ
At his former U.S. university, the new pope is just 'Bob'
The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.
10 May 20252 MIN READ
'It's terrific': Chicago hails hometown hero Pope Leo XIV
Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never mind her hometown of Chicago.
10 May 20252 MIN READ
'You're gonna be the Pope,' Leo XIV's brother recalls telling him
Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family.
10 May 20252 MIN READ