Pope Leo XIV is not only the first Pope from the United States, but from Chicago. He also has ties to the Joliet area as well. Last year, then Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost led mass at Providence last year on August 18th. Prevost at the time was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. He also was the former General of the Augustinians.
Also in an interview with ABC, the brother of Pope Leo XIV, John Prevost, who still lives in New Lenox, has put all questions aside…as the Pope roots for the South Side…