Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

Meet Donna, who lives next door to Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, IL. She says the home was recently a hub of drug dealing, but she prayed that God would bring peace. A Catholic, she's playing worship music from her house and using all the attention to share the Gospel. pic.twitter.com/OSQnKxiYek

Pope Leo's connection to Chicago is by now well known to the masses but long before he was born and raised in Dolton, his ancestors left the old world of Italy to begin a new life in America.