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Roman Catholic archdioceses in the Philippines on Friday morning congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost who was chosen as the new Pope during the conclave on Thursday afternoon in the Vatican. Prevost, 69, chose the name Leo XIV and is the first ever pontiff from the United States. Habemus...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was   elected the first pope   from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the...