US EditionCardinal Robert Prevost Elected as Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday at the Vatican, becoming the 267th pontiff and first American pope.
- Pope Leo XIV's election followed Pope Francis' death on April 21 and a two-day conclave requiring 133 cardinals to reach a two-thirds majority.
- Prevost, a Chicago native born in 1955, has held key leadership positions in both Peru and the Vatican, and earned academic qualifications in mathematical sciences, theological studies, and church law.
- U.S. President Donald Trump called the election "a great honor for our country," while Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it of "profound significance."
- Pope Leo XIV’s selection marks a new chapter for the Catholic Church, suggesting continuity with Francis’ reforms and deepening ties with the U.S. And global Catholics.
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He's a 'Pope for All the Americas'
The papacy was held by Italians for centuries before Poland's Pope John Paul II was chosen in 1978, and many observers thought cardinals might elect an Italian to succeed Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Argentina. Instead, they chose a pope from Chicago . Cardinal Robert Prevost took the name Pope...
San Diegans welcome Leo XIV as first American Pope
Inside Immaculate Conception Catholic Church before Mass in Old Town San Diego. (Chris Stone) San Diegans hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to ever hold the position. Prevost will be known as Pope Leo XIV. “The University of San Diego joins Catholics worldwide who today celebrate the selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as our newly elected pop…
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