Augustinians selected a cardinal to get their highest award in Philadelphia this month. Then he became pope. A ugustinian ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost poses for pictures at the end of the consistory during which he received the biretta hat from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican City on Sept. 30, 2023.

In 1978, it took eight ballots to elect Pope John Paul II. Like Prevost, the Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla had not been seen as a frontrunner heading into the conclave that made him pontiff.

White smoke signaled the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost to succeed Pope Francis, who died last month at age 88. Prevost, a Chicago native, becomes the first American to be elected pope.

File: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (C) is seen during a Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass ahead of the Conclave, in which he and the other cardinal electors are called to elect a new Pope, at ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

Election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, first American pope, stuns and elates Long Islanders Robert Prevost was elected pope on Thursday, and greeted the crowds at the Vatican's St. Peter's ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Prevost — the first pope ever from the United ...