Students from Everest Academy in Lemont, IL, react after Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States was announced as Pope Leo XIV, by the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., May 8, 2025. PHOTO | REUTERS
Former Cardinal Robert Prevost stunned his hometown on Thursday when the Vatican announced that the 69-year-old Chicago native had been chosen as the first U.S.-born pontiff
