'A son of Chicago:' High School where Pope Leo once taught celebrates history

CHICAGO (WGN) — Pope Leo XIV is an Augustinian priest. He is also a Chicago-area native and has many connections to St. Rita, an Augustinian High School on the city’s South Side. There was a sense of excitement on Thursday that a son of the South Side is now the leader of the worldwide Catholic faith. And not only that, but Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Brother answers burning question: Is Pope Leo XIV a