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How a Chicago native became pope: See Robert Francis Prevost's path to making history
Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
Robert Francis Prevost Is Elected as the First American Pope
White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Thursday, May 8, signalling that the Vatican has elected a new ...
Is Pope Leo XVI a Cubs fan? Robert Prevost's brother denies team's claim, says he roots for White Sox
On Thursday afternoon -- running with a claim by an ABC News reporter -- the Chicago Cubs boasted that Pope Leo XVI was a fan ...
Hear first American pope address the world
Cardinal Robert Prevost, of the United States, has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church and the first ...
Trump congratulates new American pope
Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social. “It is such an honor to realize that he is the first Ame ...