Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be ...

Gene Bartow, Sylvester Croom, Alice Coachman Davis, Mike Donahue, Pat Dye, Rowdy Gaines, John Heisman, Wendell Hudson, Wilbur ...

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