Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost
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Robert Francis Prevost has been named as the first American to serve as the Pope. He has been elected as Pope Leo XIV and emerged onto the balcony to an eruption of applause while people could be heard chanting his name.
The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland parishes, including in the north suburbs of Morton Grove, Park Ridge,