If you were a member of the College of Cardinals, and a new movie came out about the process whereby you and your fellow cardinals elect a new pope, wouldn’t you watch it? Yes, yes, you likely would. And so too has the new pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elevated to the papacy on Thursday, the first American pope ever.
The new pope, formerly known as Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago, has seen Conclave, the 2024 film about a fictional papal election. His brother John Prevost of New Lenox, Illinois, told NBC Chicago that his brother has indeed watched the film — and also shared that the pope plays Wordle, Words with Friends, and roots for the Chicago White Sox.
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Prevost was elected on Thursday on the second day of the papal conclave, a heavily traditional event that’s
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