Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first American pope in history. Here's his nationality, background, age and more.

with Pope Leo's theological background full of Chicago and Midwest fingerprints. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. According to the pope's brother, John Prevost, the family grew up in ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Robert Prevost has been appointed as the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago, he becomes the first American ...

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV ... in the U.S. "They were a Creole of color ...

The parish became too expensive for the Chicago Archdiocese to maintain ... That might be because of his background. Prevost is unusually qualified to address the most pressing challenges of ...

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...