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Robert Prevost is chosen as new pope

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM CDT

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and was elevated to pope by the College of Cardinals on Thursday. He’s taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

Father Timothy Kesicki joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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