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Robert Prevost, first US pope, will reign as Leo XIV
In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...
Villanova students react to alum Robert Prevost being named Pope Leo XIV, meeting him in Rome
We all lost our minds. And we’re still losing our minds,” said Mike Blake, a Villanova University senior who met ...
Opinion: Watching history made — again — in Rome
Pope Leo XIV's election, praising Pope Francis and vowing to continue his work, is a historic moment for the Catholic Church ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost selected as first US pope. What we know about Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the ...
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American Cardinal Robert Prevost chosen as new pope, Leo XIV, by Catholic cardinals
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...
Robert Prevost known as the ‘saint of the north’ in Peru for his closeness to poor
Prevost was twice elected prior general, or top leader, of the Augustinians, the 13th century religious order founded by St ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first American-born pope
Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...