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Pope Leo XIV: Robert Prevost is first American elected Catholic pontiff

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first time an American has been selected as pontiff.

Prevost, 69 , chose the papal name Leo XIV .

The prior pontiff, Pope Francis , died April 21 at age 88 .

Pope Leo is the 267th Roman Catholic pontiff - spiritual leader of more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide.

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English

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