6 Catholics and advocates on their hopes for Pope Leo XIV
It will take time to get used to the idea of the leader of the Catholic Church having grown up on Chicago's South Side. A pope who grew up with deep dish, with Harry Caray broadcasting White Sox games on the radio? The mind boggles.
But Leo XIV's biography — he is the first American-born pope and has deep roots in his adopted home of Peru — might help him smooth some of the church waters roiled during Francis's pontificate. When the late Holy Father would offer off-the-cuff remarks during in-flight news conferences, he often gave conservative Catholics headaches, even if his changes to church practice ended up more limited than progressive factions wanted.
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