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Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one of the top jobs in the Roman Catholic Church.
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The first American Pope was born and raised in the Chicago area, and Catholics there are elated with the election of Pope Leo XIV.
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Pope Leo XIV's childhood neighbors in suburban Chicago had predicted when he was just a small boy that he would become the first American pontiff, his brother said.
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People traveled to the Vatican from all over the world to witness the election of a new pope. Those from the United States were not disappointed.
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