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VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from ...
While growing up in the Chicago area, Robert Prevost often played “pretend priest,” his older brother John Prevost recalled after the announcement. The younger brother would set up a table ...
Chicago is to fete its first pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost turned Leo XIV, on Saturday. "A unique celebration for the ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary born in Chicago who spent much of his career abroad and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Thursday as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion wafers shall be ...
If Robert Prevost makes for a good pope ... head around the idea that one of us — a Catholic school kid from the Chicago area — now is the leader of the entire Catholic Church, presiding ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Robert Prevost, was installed Sunday as the first American pope. He vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic church becomes a sign of peace in the ...
Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side of Chicago to hear a message from the man they once ...
This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...