Prevost, 69, was elected Thursday to be the pontiff to succeed Pope Francis, choosing the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history.

Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica ...

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