Cardinal Robert Prevost's personal trainer discovered his true identity only after the conclave. Valerio Masella, who had ...

“It was just a normal childhood,” said Prevost’s 71-year-old older brother, John. “It’s kind of strange, but all three of us knew what we wanted to do very early in life.” “And Rob ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

The Rev. Alexander Lam, an Augustinian friar from Peru who knows the new pope, said he was beloved in Peru for his closeness to his people, especially poor people. He said he was a champion of social ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears to bring a personal touch to the papacy ...

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

The world has welcomed its new pope: Robert Francis Prevost. On May 8 ... the good shepherd who gave his life for the flock of God. I, too, would like this greeting of peace to enter your hearts ...

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, he was Chicago native Robert Prevost, whose new role as the ... It’s something to keep his mind off life in the real world,” he said. “And then we talk about ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope on ... The 69-year-old cardinal, who spent much of his clerical life abroad in Peru, emerged as a candidate during a closely watched ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday ... and as the bishop who spearheaded the life-saving purchase of oxygen production plants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A post on the Mendel Catholic Prep Alumni Association website recounts that as a child Prevost’s “family’s life centered around St. Mary of the Assumption Church, located on 137th Street at ...