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From the South Side to St. Peter’s Square: Pope Leo XIV’s roots resonate in Chicago
When Robert Francis Prevost spoke in Spanish to his crowd of supporters for the first time in St. Peter’s Square last week, Edgewater resident Julio Fernandez said it made him tear up. “I’ve lived in Chicago for many years. And that he is from both places makes me double proud,” Fernandez, 74, a retired doctor from northern Peru, said.

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Pope Leo XIV’s Creole Roots Tell a Story of New Orleans
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Pope Leo XIV has roots in New Orleans' 7th Ward. See his family lineage and history.
The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’
Nearly a week after the Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the world is still adjusting to the fact that he has an American family that does typically American things.

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Area parishes relishing new Pope Leo XIV who has local roots, but his ‘message is going to be universal’
See inside the pope's official residence, an expansive apartment network with nearly a dozen rooms
Pope Leo XIV Goes Viral With 1-Word Reply About The U.S.
Leo called in his speech for the protection of “the precious gift of free speech and the press” and urged reporters to “disarm communication of all prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even hatre...

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Pope Leo XIV talked about returning lapsed Catholics to the fold. Data suggests where he might look.
Longtime friends of 'Father Bob' — now Pope Leo — snap the ultimate selfie in Rome
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How Pope Leo XIV's ‘stunning’ Creole, Black roots fuel hope and pride in 7th Ward New Orleans
The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also recalls a painful chapter in the city's past. “In New Orleans, everyone treats visitors as family.
Genealogists trace Pope Leo's African ancestry to New Orleans and Haiti
The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far beyond the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV's New Orleans Creole lineage has city buzzing with excitement
America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans.While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago,
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