Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

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Raised in Chicago, formed as a bishop in Peru, and forged by St. Augustine’s witness, Leo XIV begins his papacy with a quiet ...

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Prevost, a member of the Augustinian religious order, lived for years in Peru first as a missionary and then as an archbishop. Pope Francis brought him to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of ...

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton and attended St. Mary’s parish before becoming Pope Leo XIV.

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new ...

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It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

Not only is he American — the first U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church — but he’s also from Chicago ... “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.” ...

Addressing hundreds of thousands of well-wishers, including dozens of world leaders and European royalty, during a mass in St Peter’s Square, Leo said he believed his role as the new pontiff was to ...