Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, IL, had been listed for $199,000; however, its owner delisted it shortly after conclave.

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election on Thursday, May 8, as Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Hailing from Chicago and a dual U.

Donald Trump has implied that he was involved in the election of Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago, as the new pope.

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful he will return doctrinal rigor to the papacy, even as progressives sense he will continue Pope Francis’ reformist agenda.

Pope Leo XIV’s first signals about the style and substance of his pontificate show why he won such broad assent at the conclave that elected him.The first-ever U.S.-born pope has repeatedly indicated strong continuity with his predecessor,

The new pontiff’s brother, John Prevost, has offered a glimpse into the new Catholic leader’s simple pleasures.