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American Cardinal Elected Pope, Becomes Leo XIV
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope and the first from the United States, taking the papal name Leo XIV. Jubilant crowds filled St Peter’s Square on Thursday as white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signalling his election. Church bells rang out across Rome as thousands rushed to the square to […]