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The newly elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, hosted journalists at the Vatican for the first time in his papacy on Monday.

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Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history. Learn why Black Catholics have hope for his papacy.