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The Catholic Church has elected the first American pope to succeed Francis. Here's who he is.
Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...
Trump welcomes Catholic Church’s first American pope: ‘Such an honor’
President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born ...
President Trump Reacts to Catholic Church Picking the First American Pope in History
U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...
How a working-class Chicago suburb and a tight-knit Catholic parish shaped the first American pope
In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...
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First American in history of the Catholic Church named as pope
He’ll be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first ever pope from the United States ...