Robert Prevost, first U.S. pope, appears on the balcony as Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, of the United States has been elected leader of the Catholic Church and will be called Pope Leo XIV. The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics appeared on the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Thursday. He was elected by the secret meeting of cardinals, known as [...]The post Robert Prevost, first U.S. pope, appears on the balcony as Pope Leo XIV appeared first on Nigerian NewsDirect.

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