Melina Walling, Author at Crux

A St. Rita High School student prays in the school chapel where the new Pope Leo XIV, Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost, was a substitute teacher. Picture taken May 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Credit: Paul Beaty/AP.)

Associated Press, Church in the US

Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope

by Christine Fernando, Melina Walling and Associated Press May 10, 2025

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