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Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope Francis and lead the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV,
Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost.
Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic Church. His past social media activity reveals a critical stance on Trump's immigration policies,
A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a pope from the states, but it has happened.
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Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in Dolton, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church as the 267th pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV and becomes the first pope from the United States in the 2,