While Cardinal Robert Prevost’s selection as Pope on Thursday caught much of the world by surprise, the National Catholic Reporter last week predicted that the Chicago native could make history as the first American Pope.
In a story that ran April 30, NCR ran a story headlined, “The first American pope? This cardinal has the best chance of making history in this conclave.”
“It is typically absurd to think of an American as pope. But in this conclave, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who has spent much of his life outside of the United States is worthy of serious consideration,” read the first paragraph.
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