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 is truly a pope of the Americas. He's a dual citizen, of the United States and Peru, where people are ecstatic about his elevation to pontiff.