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Inside story: how 'Bob' Prevost became the first American pope
Original: No one expected an American pope. Here's the inside story of how 'Bob' became Pope Leo https://www.npr.org/2026/10/03/nx
NPR has published an inside account of how Cardinal Robert Prevost, known to colleagues as 'Bob', was chosen as Pope Leo, becoming the first American to lead the Catholic Church. The excerpt recounts the surprise conclave outcome, since few observers expected the United States to produce a pope, and is drawing wide attention from readers interested in the backstory of his election.
Why now: Readers are fascinated by the unprecedented election of an American pope and the newly revealed details of how it happened.
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- No one expected an American pope. Here's the inside story of how 'Bob' became Pope Leo https://www.npr.org/2026/10/03/nx-s1-5987816/pope-leo-american-pope-book-excerpt # History # Religion # Biography · npr_culture@robot.villas · 2
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