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Neighbor recalls how kids 'played Mass' with the boy who would become pope

  • Robert Prevost was elected pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, becoming the first American to lead the Catholic Church worldwide.
  • His election followed centuries of predominantly European popes and reflected recent efforts to diversify the church's leadership globally.
  • Prevost, 69, formerly led the Order of St. Augustine and grew up near Chicago, where bells tolled in celebration after his election.
  • Bishop Robert McClory called him “the new Holy Father from Chicagoland,” and President Robert Dowd prayed the pope be blessed with wisdom and courage.
  • Prevost’s election may inspire U.S. Catholics amid internal divisions and signals a significant moment for the two-thousand-year-old church’s future.
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Neighbor recalls how kids 'played Mass' with the boy who would become pope

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.

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Telemundo Utah broke the news in on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
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