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Cheers erupted and suspense built in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square as cardinals announced with clamor and smoke that a successor to Pope Francis had been named.
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Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
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Robert Francis Prevost took the papal name Leo XIV after his election as the first American-born pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
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NBC News' Molly Hunter and thousands gathered at the Vatican react the moment white smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, signaling the election of a new pope.
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Black smoke emerges from the chimney in the Vatican, indicating no new pope has been elected yet
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