Neighbor recalls how kids 'played Mass' with the boy who would become pope

From Chicago's south suburbs to Rome: Dolton's faithful say 'Bob' was the boy destined to be pope

Robert Prevost was known as "Bob" in Dolton, south Chicago, where he was born and attended mass at St Mary's Church.

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Lafayette Pastor remembers school days with Pope Leo XIV

As the world continues to learn more about newly elected Pope Leo XIV, one Lafayette priest said he has a personal connection to the pontiff that dates back nearly five decades.Father Richard Andrus, pastor of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lafayette, said he studied alongside Pope Leo XIV then known as Robert Bob Prevost at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in the late 1970s.I know this guy! I know him! Andrus exclaimed following the announ…

Neighbor recalls how kids 'played Mass' with the boy who would become pope

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.

Neighbor recalls how kids ‘played Mass’ with the boy who would become pope

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.

American Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday.