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Cardinal Prevost becomes 1st American pope; takes the name Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St. Peter's Basilica for the first time after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican Thursday, May 8. 

ROME � Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Roman Catholic pontiff, the first pope from the United States and a possible bridge between the moderate and hard-line sides of a divided Church.

Prevost, 69, chose the name of Leo XIV for his pontificate and was greeted by thousands of cheering faithful as he stepped out onto a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square to be presented to the world.





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