First American Pope

The delivery of pepperoni pizza to Pope Leo XIV straight from his hometown, Chicago, Illinois, to Tor Vergato on the outskirts of Rome during last week’s Jubilee of Youth celebration is trending on social media and making headlines across all media platforms worldwide, but what is not widely known is who authored the idea.

In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, taking the name Leo XIV, and becoming the first American-born pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history on May 8.