Americans react to Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first US pope in history

American faithful celebrated the announcement of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop ‘Deep dish eucharist’: internet reacts to US pope with jokes and Chicago pride Chicago reacts to hometown Pope Leo: ‘Like the Cubs winning the World Series’ ‘The pope is Peruvian’: elation in country where pontiff served as bishop