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Pope Leo XIV, first American pope, has ties to Philadelphia area

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Villanova University graduate, has been chosen as the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and the first pope born in the United States. Prevost chose Leo XIV as his papal name. CBS News Philadelphia has live reaction from around the region.
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