Robert Prevost was 'pride and joy of every priest and nun\u2019 at St. Mary\u2019s in Chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE STAFF CHICAGO — Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area. In his first words as Pope Leo XIV, 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost proclaimed “peace be with you,” invoking a message of dialogue, unity and care for those in need from Vatican City on Thursday. “When I heard the news of the new Holy Father at that moment, at