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It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome ...

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His election on Thursday was met with surprise and enthusiasm, particularly among American Catholics. Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost is the first U.S.-born pontiff in the Church’s two ...

On Thursday (May 8), cardinal electors in Vatican City selected Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal to be the next leader of the Catholic Church. But there’s a reason why Black folks ...

Habemus papam — and he’s from Chicago! Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope on Thursday — the first American in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. The 69-year-old ...

REPORTING LIVE IN LAKEVIE The first American Pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV, was elected Thursday after a two-day conclave.

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next ...