The older brother of Pope Leo XIV, John Prevost, lives right here in the Chicago suburbs. In fact, NBC Chicago learned the now-pope’s mail still gets delivered to his brother’s New Lenox address. Shortly after hearing the news on Thursday,

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and the first United States citizen to become the bishop of Rome.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff, who will go by the name Leo XIV, greeted the thousands who jammed St. Peter’s Square from the red velvet-draped central balcony at St. Peter’s Square.