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Pope Leo XIV’s Family Guide: Meet His Late Parents and 2 Brothers
Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo, was born to Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez in September 1955. He was raised in Chicago alongside brothers Louis Martin Prevost and John Joseph Prevost. In 2025, Leo made history when he was elected as the first American-born pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
As a Young Priest in Peru, Pope Leo XIV Survived a Bomb Threat and Charmed Locals
Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing missionary from Chicago with broken Spanish, landing in Peru at a time when the country was being torn apart by internal conflict.
Pope Leo’s hometown Dolton was hit with economic hardship following the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side.
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In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...
The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest ...
The election of Pope Leo XIV as the first-American pontiff shocked the world, and Chicago residents rejoiced in the Holy ...
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield released a statement expressing profound joy and deep gratitude to ...
Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.
Globally, everyone is reacting to the newly-appointed Pope in the Catholic Church, and bishop of Rome. On Thursday, it was ...
Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...
Who says Cardinals have no other field of interest than religion? It’s now common knowledge that Pope Francis has his ...
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