How Pope Leo XIV's mother, aunts shaped his path to the Papacy
Friday, 9 May 2025 () Robert Francis Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV, marking the first U.S.-born and Augustinian leader of the Roman Catholic Church. He greeted the crowd at St. Peter’s Basilica, expressing his hope for peace. Born in Chicago to devout parents, his upbringing in a close-knit immigrant family and active parish life significantly shaped his path to the Papacy.
"We were teasing him when he was six years old: 'you're going to be the Pope'" says the brother of Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Outside his home in Florida, his brother Louis recounts watching the white smoke rise from the Sistine Chapel: "At the back of my mind, I...
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Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, has become the first U.S.-born pontiff and now leads both the Holy See and Vatican City. His dual role as an American citizen and a foreign head of state..
Friday, 9 May 2025 ()
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