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Pope Leo XIV: Why it's significant he's the first American pope

Friday 9 May 2025 17:57, UK

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Pope Leo XIV is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. He had not been considered to be in the top 10 of likely candidates to become the next pontiff, in part due to his nationality.

There had been an assumption that an American pope would mean too much power concentrated in the world's most dominant superpower.

So why did the conclave pick Cardinal Robert Prevost and what does it mean for the future direction of the Catholic Church?

To discuss this on today's Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson are Barbara Serra, who has been covering the conclave for Sky News, and Father Thomas Massaro from New York's Fordham University.

Producer: Natalie Ktena
Editor: Wendy Parker

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