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The first American pope in history was elected Thursday. The new pope, Robert Prevost, chose the name Leo XIV. Mary Calvi, Ali Bauman, Lori Bordonaro and Tim McNicholas report.
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The first American pope in history was elected Thursday. The new pope, Robert Prevost, chose the name Leo XIV. Mary Calvi, Ali Bauman, Lori Bordonaro and Tim McNicholas report.
There is a new pope, and for the first time ever, an American has been chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Bradley Blackburn and Tony Aiello report for CBS News New York.
After Pope Francis died, the big question facing the cardinals was deciding the vision they wanted the new head of the Catholic Church to follow. CBS News New York political reporter Marcia Kramer says supporters pitched Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as someone in the middle.
Some students in New York City witnessed a papal election for the first time Thursday, and they were overjoyed to learn the first American pope was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram has reaction from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
CBS News New York's Mary Calvi, Tony Aiello and Kristie Johnson have the latest on election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the leader of the Catholic Church.
For the first time, a North American will lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger has reaction from Brooklyn, and Sara Machi has reaction from Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago.
The new pope has American and Peruvian roots, which is instilling a sense of pride in people in Paterson's Peruvian-American community. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
The joy at the Vatican was universal as the New York City area and the world met the new leader of the Catholic Church.
The themes of Pope Leo XIV's speech seemed to suggest he would have continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis.
St. Peter's Square erupted as the bells rang and Pope Leo XIV was introduced to the world. CBS News New York's Mary Calvi reports from Vatican City.
New Yorkers and visitors reveled in the news Thursday that Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost had been elected pontiff and had chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.
A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a pope from the states, but it has happened.
The papal conclave elected U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost as the successor to Pope Francis.
The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American from among their own ranks on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Hear his first remarks as pontiff.
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Prevost chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
