Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! - Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope taking name Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, is the first U.S. born pope in the church's history. He is also a citizen of Peru, where he worked for over two decades. His first public words as Pope, spoken in Italian, were "Peace be with you,"
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