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Leo XIV is the first North American to be elected Pope

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World leaders have been reacting to the news of the first US born Pope. Leo XIV will become the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. We'll go to Peru and find out about the place where he spent most of his life and find out what Peruvians think of him.

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Presenters: Luke Jones and Victoria Uwonkunda

(Photo: Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Credit: Gugliemo Mangiapane/Reuters)