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Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, first in history from United States
Prevost, a 69 member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. He appeared on the loggia of St. Peter’s ...
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Chicago celebrates historic moment as one of its own becomes first American pope
This morning, the city of Chicago — famously known as the City of Big Shoulders — is embracing one of the biggest honors in ...
Where is Pope Leo XIV from? What to know about the Chicago-area native's background
The 2025 papal conclave ended Thursday with an historic moment, with Chicago-area native Pope Leo XIV being elected as the ...
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Chicago celebrates its native son’s elevation to pope
The old parish church buildings on Chicago’s far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched ...
From Chicago to the Vatican – how the world got its first US-born Pope
Former Cardinal Robert Prevost stunned his hometown on Thursday when the Vatican announced that the 69-year-old Chicago ...
Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in ...
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 Roman Catholics.
Who Is Pope Leo XIV? Robert Prevost becomes 267th pontiff and first from the United States
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first Pope from the United States — and he appears to hold views in line with his late ...
Pope Leo XIV, first from the United States, gets emotional as he greets the world. Watch
Born as Robert Francis Prevost in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, Pope Leo XIV grew up in a devout Catholic family in the Midwest.
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Chicago celebrates native son's elevation to pope
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US faithful celebrate as Chicago-born cardinal becomes Catholic Church’s new pope
Among the thousands of faithful celebrating in the square the election of the new pope were many from the United States, some ...