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How the New Pope Got From Chicago to the Vatican

How the New Pope Got From Chicago to the Vatican

City Cast Chicago

May 12, 202525m 34s

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Show Notes

You’ve heard by now the new pope is from Chicago. But now that we’ve seen all the memes, it’s time to break down who Robert Prevost was before he became Pope Leo XIV, the challenges facing him as the leader of more than 1 billion Catholics, and what his selection says about Chicago. Host Jacoby Cochran talks with Sun-Times investigative reporter Lauren FitzPatrick and Loyola University scholar Michael Canaris.

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