Springfield's Bishop Paprocki reacts to first pope with Illinois roots
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield speaks on Friday, May 9, about the election of Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary, as the Pope Leo XIV. Video provided by the Diocese of Springfield.
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"There are people walking around Calumet City today that the future pope counseled."
"We never would have suspected that he was going to be a priest, let alone a bishop or cardinal or the Pope."
