Leo is the first pope to have been born in the United States. He is also a citizen of Peru, where he spent much of his life.
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Pope Leo XIV: The First American Pope
Habemus Papam! The world’s 1.4 billion Catholics have a new leader — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the first American-born pope. The 69-year-old is originally from Chicago and has chosen the papal name Leo XIV.
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Pope Leo XIV was elected on the second day of the conclave. Follow our live coverage.
There may have been no women allowed inside the Sistine Chapel, but there were plenty of female worshippers outside waiting for the result.
