US President Donald Trump has called the election of the first American pope a “great honour” for the country and said he looks forward to meeting him
Trump is among the many American political figures applauding the historic appointment of Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, to lead the Catholic Church.
“To have the Pope from America is a great honour,” Trump said when asked for reaction to the news.
Pope Leo, 69, was born in Chicago and attended university outside Philadelphia, before becoming a missionary in Peru.
The US has the fourth largest number of Catholics in the world, and congratulations started pouring in soon after the first American pope’s name was announced.
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