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Massachusetts Man Says Pope Leo XIV Was Natural Leader In High School
Chicago-born Robert Prevost was elected Thursday as the first pope ever from the United States. He chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
Updated on: May 9, 2025 / 5:43 AM EDT
Chicago-born Robert Prevost was elected Thursday as the first pope ever from the United States. He chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
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A Massachusetts man who went to high school with him says even as a teenager, the new pope was a superstar.
Bob Prevost is everywhere in Bob Schick's 1973 yearbook and now, on screens around the world. "When I saw the picture I thought, is that that Bob Prevost? I saw the picture and yes it was," said Bob Schick of Walpole.
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Bob Schick points to a picture of Robert Prevost in his high school yearbook/CBS Boston
"There he is right here in this pyramid. Kind of where you'd expect him to be. Holding everybody else up," Schick said looking a photo in the yearbook.
The head of the speech and debate team. A teenager with gravitas, but still friendly and fun.
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