DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) — The first American pope has been selected, and Catholic bodies across the Miami Valley are celebrating the news.
Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV is a Midwest native — hailing from Chicago.
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Catholic leaders across the area are celebrating, as well as the nearly 450,000 Catholics in the greater Cincinnati and Miami Valley area, as the Vatican welcomes their first American pope.
Originally from Chicago, Pope Leo XIV spent the last 30 years of his life in Peru, even obtaining a Peruvian passport…