Pope Leo Traditional not only American

not only American

This congregation of joyful women

Mary’s family emigrated first to Canada and then to Michigan where Mary was educated and hoped to be a teacher

1890 she was baptized with the name Josephine Margaret and received confirmation and holy communion from the Patriarch of Venice

stands on a platform of authority while addressing to the young Virgin the invitation to become the Theotokos

Pope Leo Traditional not only AmericanPope Leo XIV The words Habemus papam! We have a pope! have been uttered joyfully from the balcony of St. Peters Basilica for centuries. However, 2025 was the first time in history that the name of an American cardinal was mentioned as the new successor of St. Peter. Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago in 1955 and raised in the southwest suburb of Dolton, the son of a librarian mother and educator father. Bob completed his secondary education at