Why 'da pope's' Chicago accent is so comforting to U.S. Catholics

Why 'da pope's' Chicago accent is so comforting to U.S. Catholics

ROME — Last week, Stephen Colbert, the famously Catholic former Chicagoan, surprised the world and himself when he got a bit verklempt while talking about the election of Pope Leo XIV.“When I heard it was an American pope, I was strangely moved,” Colbert, who attended Northwestern University and also is an alumnus of Second City, told his guest Jesuit priest, bestselling author, and chaplain to “Colbert Nation,” the Rev. James Martin.“I didn’t e…