- Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary born in Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. www.wbez.org/religion/202...
May 8, 2025 18:02
- Not the first American pope. Pope Francis was born in Argentina, SOUTH America. Pope Leo, from Chicago,is the first from NORTH America.
- He is the first North American pope or the second American pope.
- Da Pope!