John Prevost
May 19, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — An international genealogy group released its research findings last weeks that say that the grandfather of Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope — taught Spanish and music while living in Quincy in the early 1900s. International interest in the pope’s family history has been high since he…
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