“As a young man, I tried to see life through a Catholic lens,” he recalls. “In my mid-20s, I became more fascinated with Catholicism and Pope John Paul II. He had a profound impact on my lif ...

A year out of college, Prevost took his first vows in September 1978, a month before Karol Wojtyła, a Pole, was elected Pope John Paul II. He was followed ... dictator, the Man of Steel, was ...

Such is the transformative effect of the papacy in the mass-media era: a man’s life and role change ... sports stadiums of the world as Pope John Paul II. And so it was for Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979 ... Prevost was considered a long shot by conclave watchers. (For whatever it’s worth, the gambling world placed long odds on a Prevost win ...

“He is doctrinally correct in the line of St. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI ... A shy character; a meek man; a religious; a pastor who knows the needs of his priests; and a canon ...

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The next pope cannot continue this trajectory. He must restore what has been compromised: the Church’s clarity, coherence and courage. Pope John Paul II understood what was at stake. His papacy ...

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Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary born in Chicago who spent much of his career abroad and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

Image Robert Prevost, then a newly ordained reverend, greeting Pope John Paul II.Credit...via Midwest Augustinian ... the early intellectual life of the man who became Pope Leo XIV.

Spahn said cardinals have always come to their decisions knowing that the man who becomes pontiff ... in South America. He noted Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis rarely traveled outside of ...