Cardinal Robert Prevost under the name of Leo XIV declared Supreme Pontiff, succeeding Pope Francis
Cardinal Mamberti proclaimed "Habemus papam," a Latin phrase meaning, "We have a Pope."
The new pope took the name of Leo XIV, the first American pontiff in history.
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