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WATCH LIVE: Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first American pope

By Brady Knox
Published May 7, 2025 10:57am ET
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WATCH LIVE: Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first American pope
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the first-ever American pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

The announcement came roughly an hour after white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the papal conclave.

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