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Excitement, shock in Rome as first American pope, Leo XIV, elected

For the first time in history, an American cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is the head of the Catholic Church. CBS News' Seth Doane and Candida Moss report. Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, a Dominican friar, and Jim Priestley, a friend of Pope Leo XIV, also join "The Daily Report" with more.
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