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5 days ago | nwitimes.com | Christine Fernando |Melina Walling

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5 days ago | mississippifreepress.org | Giada Zampano |Vanessa Gera |Trisha Thomas |Christine Fernando

VATICAN CITY and CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) — Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope Thursday and had taken the name Leo XIV. “Who in our lifetime would have thought that we would see a North American Holy Father?” said Father Thomas Montanaro, an American priest with the Legionaries of Christ. Montanaro was among the many tens of thousands of people who filled St. Peter’s Square for the historic moment.

5 days ago | abcnews.go.com | Christine Fernando |Melina Walling

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected popeByCHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press and MELINA WALLING Associated PressBishop Lawrence J. Sullivan, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, speaks at Holy Name Cathedral, on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Chicago.

5 days ago | lufkindailynews.com | Christine Fernando |Melina Walling

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and MELINA WALLING - Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens. As the image of the new pope, Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost, appeared onscreen, cheers erupted through the hallways. Children jumped out of their seats, pumping their hands in the air.

5 days ago | clintonherald.com | Christine Fernando |Melina Walling

CHICAGO (AP) — After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens. As the image of the new pope, Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost, appeared onscreen, cheers erupted through the hallways. Children jumped out of their seats, pumping their hands in the air.