Popes -- they’re just like us? Not exactly, but you wouldn’t know that by the American fanfare surrounding the newly minted Pope Leo XIV. The former Bob Prevost has been called out for his purported eating proclivities, for his affinity to baseball, for his relationship with his brothers and more. Why are we so focused on making the leader of the Catholic Church into a regular guy from the Midwest? The answer lies in Americans’ peculiar and complex relationship with fame and power.