Caravan Magazine

A journal of politics and culture

First American Pope

How White Sox Fan ‘Bob’ Defied the Odds to Become the First U.S. Pope

In a stunning turn of events, Robert Francis Prevost, known simply as “Bob” to his friends, has made history as the first American pope, adopting the papal name Leo XIV. A mild-mannered cardinal from Chicago, Prevost’s rise to the papacy…