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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the brand new pope to steer the world’s 1.4bn Catholics.

Prevost, the primary American to be pope, is seen as a compromise candidate who may discover broad assist in a divided Catholic church. He shall be referred to as Pope Leo XIV.

“Peace be with all of you,” Pope Leo instructed cheering crowds at St Peter’s Sq.. “I want this salute of peace to enter your heart, reach your families, and all people, and all the peoples, and the whole world.”

In a put up on Fact Social, US President Donald Trump stated: “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!”

The Chicago native, 69, spent a long time as a priest educating and serving in Peru, later administering troubled dioceses and turning into a member of the Peruvian bishops’ convention.

On the Vatican since 2023, Prevost has runs the curia’s division for bishop appointments.

After white smoke had billowed over the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin signalled to the crowds that the papal conclave had chosen Prevost as the brand new pope.

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