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‘A Little Surprised’: Trump On Robert Prevost Becoming Pope Leo XIV

President Donald Trump called the election of Pope Leo XIV “a great honor for the United States,” speaking in a surprise appearance just hours after the announcement. “A little bit surprised, but very happy,” he told reporters outside the White House. The moment united Americans across faiths in a rare, powerful wave of spiritual pride. Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary who once served in Peru, had just become the first-ever American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Now known as Pope Leo XIV, he called for peace, dialogue, and global outreach in his first message as the new leader of 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide.

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