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Pope Leo XIV has been chosen to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics across the globe after a surprise election following the conclave to pick Pope Francis' successor. Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pontiff in history to lead the Catholic Church. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports from Rome on Leo's second day as pontiff.
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American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, celebrated his first mass as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
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 On Friday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel, where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier. He prayed that his historic papacy can help the Catholic Church be a beacon illuminating "the dark nights of this world."
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Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.
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Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian friar ever to be selected to lead the Catholic Church. Raised in Chicago, where he was known as Robert Prevost, he graduated from Villanova University.
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