Prevost elected first US pope, becomes Leo XIV

Prevost elected first US pope, becomes Leo XIV

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What happened The College of Cardinals Thursday elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, as the Catholic Church's 267th pope. Prevost, 69, took the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope from the U.S. — though he spent decades as a missionary, parish priest and bishop in Peru —…

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