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Pope Leo XIV: What to know about Chicago-born Robert Prevost
(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) For many South Siders and White Sox fans, the news of Robert Prevost’s election to head of the Roman Catholic Church was nothing less than a godsend during these ...
Opinion
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: What Leo's choice of name tells us about the new pope
The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church.
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Who is Robert Francis Prevost, first American pope to lead the Catholic Church?
Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was ...
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Who is Robert Prevost? Meet Leo XIV, the first American pope
Cardinal Robert Prevost – a Chicago native who spent his career ministering to the poor in Peru – has been elected the 267 th pope, marking the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church ...
How a Chicago native became pope: See Robert Francis Prevost's path to making history
Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
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Robert Prevost, the Supreme Pontiff who used to sleep near the Bernabéu at San Agustín School: "The Pope has friendships in Madrid"
He visited and stayed overnight on several occasions at the school located on Padre Damián street, where he is remembered as ...
Pope Leo XIV’s oldest brother doubles down on awful ‘drunk’ Nancy Pelosi post, reveals how new pontiff may lead Catholic Church
I don’t think he is going to go, pull the church hard left,” Prevost also said. “I think he’s going to be down the middle.” ...
China's Complicated Relationship With the Catholic Church
Incoming Pope Leo XIV faces what some call the most-challenging environment for religion in China since Mao Tse-tung.