Late Pope Francis was close to newly elected pope

Pope Leo XIV, who was close to the late Pope Francis, became the first U.S.-born pontiff to lead the Roman Catholic Church.  FOLLOW LOCAL 10 ON SOCIAL MEDIA: LOCAL 10 NEWS on X: https://x.com/WPLGLocal10 LOCAL 10 NEWS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/local10news/ LOCAL 10 NEWS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WPLGLocal10 LOCAL 10 NEWS on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@local10news LOCAL10NEWS on YouTube: YouTube.com/@wplglocal10