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What Pope Leo XIV’s history can tell us about his papacy

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Pope Leo XIV gestures on the main central loggia balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on May 8. | Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Prevost, is the first American pontiff. He was elected on Thursday, less than three weeks after the death of Pope…
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News video: A look into Robert Francis Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV

A look into Robert Francis Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV 03:45

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary with deep ties to Latin America, has been elected Pope Leo XIV—making history as the first American to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV

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