Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new Pope, was a surprise pick, says Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
“Like many people, I was very surprised,” Cordileone, the Archbishop of San Francisco, said Friday during an appearance on Newsmax TV’s “Newsline.”
“I didn’t think that, at least for the rest of our lives, there would be an American Pope. Like many others, I never heard his name mentioned as a top contender,” he added.
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