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Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost now Pope Leo XIV

Name: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost now Pope Leo XIV
Uploaded: 2025-05-08T16:11:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Description: Considered a contender, if not a frontrunner, the world was shocked when Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first U.S.-born pope as well.

Considered a contender, if not a frontrunner, the world was shocked when Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first U.S.-born pope as well.