Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

The students were in Rome on an international leadership trip when they witnessed the reveal of Chicago-born missionary ...

The plan has an aggressive timeline, calling on everything to be finished by 2028, and the White House said it would cost "lots of billions" of dollars to complete.

At one point during while being interviewed, John Prevost realized he had missed several calls from his brother, so he gave the new pope a call back.

He rarely writes original content, but his social media timeline shows numerous posts sharing viewpoints opposed to restricting acceptance of migrants and refugees.