00:00He's the first Pope from the United States in history. Chicago-born Robert Francis
00:09Provost has become Pope Leo the 14th, spiritual leader to the world's 1.4
00:14billion Catholics. The 69-year-old pontiff spent more than 20 years of his
00:21life in Peru, where he was bishop and acquired nationality.
00:30Tens of thousands cheered Leo as he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, with
00:45many having no idea who he was. But the American, who had only been made cardinal by the late
00:51Pope Francis in 2023, had been on many Vatican Watchers lists of potential popes. Leo had
00:58been spoken about as someone who could defend and further Francis's legacy. Throughout
01:02his career, the new Pope defended the poor and underprivileged, and shared articles
01:07online critical of U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-migrant policies. The new Pope reportedly
01:12speaks English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, in addition to reading Latin and
01:17German. Having someone with his language capacities, his experience coming from the south side of
01:24Chicago, a missionary, all of the things that he brings to the table, it's a way, in a nutshell,
01:32to just say to Donald Trump, the Catholic Church global is going to stand up against what you're
01:39doing against the poor and against the earth.
01:43Pope Leo the 14th now faces a monumentous task to unite a divided church and to assert his
01:49moral voice on a conflict-torn world stage. In his first appearance on the balcony of St.
01:54Peter's Basilica, Leo called to build bridges through dialogue, through encounter, to come
01:59together as one people, always in peace.
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