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Pope Leo XIV

White smoke! American is new Pope after two days of voting

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. 

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By  Elvis Ondieki  &  Agencies

The 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is American-born Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Leo XIV after his election on Thursday.

His profile on the Vatican website says he was born on September 14, 1955 (he turns 70 this year) in Chicago, the US state of Illinois.

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