Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope
- Posted on May 8, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope

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