World leaders congratulate Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff

The Vatican on Thursday announced that Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, will take up the highest authority in the Catholic Church after only two days of deliberation and voting by the papal conclave. 

Upon the announcement of the first American pontiff to be elected, world leaders began reacting with their own messages of support and good wishes. 

FIRST AMERICAN ELECTED PONTIFF, GET TO KNOW POPE LEO XIV

President Donald Trump took to his social media site to offer his "congratulatio...