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Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, is the first North American to be elected pontiff.
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As bells tolled in Vatican City with the announcement of a new pope, Chicago was celebrating as the first U.S.-born pope made his debut as the new head of the Catholic Church. NBC's Shaquille Brewster reports for TODAY on his ties to The Windy City.
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Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian friar ever to be selected to lead the Catholic Church. Raised in Chicago, where he was known as Robert Prevost, he graduated from Villanova University.
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