Leo XIV, the first US pope

Ryan Hamilton-DavisJournalist at Newsday

May 8, 2025

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THE 267th pope has been elected.

He is Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost. Prevost will be the first elected Pope from the US in history.

Cardinal Prevost was the leader of the Vatican’s office for the Dicastery of Bishops, a department within the Roman Catholic Church that oversees the selection of new bishops.

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