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BREAKING: Cardinal Robert Prevost Becomes First American Pope

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The new pope has been revealed as Robert Prevost of the US, the first American pontiff in history. He’ll be known as Pope Leo XIV. This comes after white smoke billowed above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals had selected a new pontiff on the second day of the conclave.

What it took to get elected: There were 133 voting cardinals, who had all been sequestered inside the Vatican during the conclave.

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Any one of them needed two-thirds of the vote to become the next pope. Take a look at how the voting process works.

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