Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, addressed the crowd at St Peter’s Square for the first time as Pope Leo XIV.
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV makes first appearance to crowd in St Peter’s Square

Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, addressed the crowd at St Peter’s Square for the first time as Pope Leo XIV.
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