He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the ...

Here’s a look at what we discovered about some of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s family members in the Tribune archives.

For years, there were allegations of abuse within the hugely influential Catholic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), which had deep ties ... public. Prevost, who lived in Peru as a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a new Pope has been elected, and he’s someone who has some college ties to the United States of America. Known to many as the “Latin Yankee,” Robert Prevost—now ...

Here's what we know so far about Prevost's ties to Chicago and the Land of Lincoln ... Ordained in 1982, Prevost spent much of his clerical life in Peru, serving as Bishop of Chiclayo from ...

When Prevost was Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, three victims reported to civil authorities in 2022 after there was no movement on their canonical case against a priest filed through the diocese ...

By Alek Buttermann The election of US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new head of the Catholic Church has placed Peru under an unexpected international spotlight. Prevost, an ...

This momentous occasion crowned an extraordinary career in both service and reform. A Chicago native with deep ties to Peru, Prevost becomes the first American pope, a landmark event not just for the ...

As the first -ever Pope to hail from the U.S., Robert Prevost's American sports ties quickly became a point ... He remained in Peru until he was moved to the Vatican in 2023.