Vatican elects new Pope

First American – Pole Leio XIV

  • The new pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV – the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church
  • Prevost, 69, is greeted with huge cheers from thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square
  • “May peace be with all of you,” he says from the Vatican balcony

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