Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV.

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