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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 2 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.512s | source
1. Reventlov ◴[08 May 25 19:18 UTC] No.43930220[source]▶
François was born in Buenos Aires, how is that the first american pope ?
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2. magneticnorth ◴[08 May 25 19:23 UTC] No.43930282[source]▶
At least in (USA) American news sources, "American" means from the USA. Francis was the first pope from the Americas.

See Wikipedia for deeper discussion of the use of the term in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)