BREAKING: Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, was born in Chicago and was considered a long-shot candidate, is the first American to be named Pope.

BREAKING: Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, was born in Chicago and was considered a long-shot candidate, is the first American to be named Pope.


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