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ITALY - NEWLY ELECTED POPE LEO XIV , ROBERT PREVOST APPEARS AT THE CENTRAL LOGGIA BALCONY OF THE ST PETER'S BASILICA FOR THE FIRST TIME , AFTER THE CARDINALS ENDED THE CONCLAVE IN THE VATICAN - 2025/5/8

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, shows himself to the cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square Source: AAP / Michael Nigro / ALESSIA GIULIANI / ipa-agency.net/Alessia GiulianiIPA/Sipa USA

Habemus Papam - we have a Pope - this famous Latin exclamation is being spread around the world today - a new head of the Catholic Church is presented to the astonished crowd in Rome. He is the first American in this office, although Pastor Rolan Maurer says that “Leo the Fourteenth” is actually a real citizen of the world.

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Habemus Papam - we have a Pope - this famous Latin exclamation is being spread around the world today - a new head of the Catholic Church is presented to the astonished crowd in Rome. He is the first American in this office, although Pastor Rolan Maurer says that “Leo the Fourteenth” is actually a real citizen of the world.

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