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The election of an American Pope is without precedent. The event raises American legal questions without precedent.

By Poppy Tollemache ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer Though born in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV—formerly Robert Prevost—spent ...

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Pope Leo XIV holds prayer vigil with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955. He got his last name from his father, Louis Lanti Marius Prevost (1920-1997), who got it from his mother’s mother’s maiden name.

Absolutely. This new pope has proven himself a master of tone. He's less blunt than Francis—less likely to throw rhetorical punches—but perhaps more effective because of it.

Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village's board of trustees voted to buy it, in the hopes of creating a historic attraction.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square to hold his weekly general audience at the Vatican on June 25, 2025. AP Dolton village leaders praised the purchase of the Pope’s home as a “once ...

Pope Leo XIV addresses people attending the Conference of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union during an audience in the Hall of Benediction at the Vatican June 21, 2025.

In this 2009 picture, Pope Benedict XVI is wearing cap offered to him by Germany's Paul Biedermann, a gold medallist in the men's 200m freestyle. media:18618979 quicklist: 10title: Cardinal ...