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The people of 8 May

1 person in 1 story, 29 deaths recorded, 2025

Pope Leo XIV

Head of the Catholic Church since 2025

  1. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is elected to the papacy on the fourth ballot and takes the name Leo XIV. He is the first pope from North America and the second from the Americas, after Pope Francis. A dual citizen of the United States and Peru, he also becomes the second South American pope.

    Politics · 8 May · with Pope Francis

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