Pope Leo: From Chicago altar boy to America's first pope

Name: Pope Leo: From Chicago altar boy to America's first pope
Uploaded: 2025-05-08T22:22:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Description: Pope Leo, the first pope from America, has a rich faith journey that began in Chicago. As a child, Robert Prevost served as an altar boy at Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish. He earned a mathematics degree from Villanova and a diploma in theology from the Catholic Theological Union. Prevost then joined the Saint Augustine Order as a priest.

Pope Leo, the first pope from America, has a rich faith journey that began in Chicago. As a child, Robert Prevost served as an altar boy at Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish. He earned a mathematics degree from Villanova and a diploma in theology from the Catholic Theological Union. Prevost then joined the Saint Augustine Order as a priest.