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President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon shared his excitement with reporters outside the White House following the announcement of the new American Pope ever chosen for the role.
“There may be the biggest honor,” the president told West Wing Portico. (See the video on top of this article.)
“We were a little surprised but very happy. It is just a great, absolutely great honor,” President Trump said.
Pope Leo XIV appears in the Vatican, becomes the first American Pope
Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is named Leo XIV, is the first American Pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
The president also posted his congratulations on social truth.
Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost, is the first American Pope in the history of the Catholic Church. A native of Agoikago, he is shown above on Thursday afternoon. (Remilli/Reuters)
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,” the president wrote.
“What excitement and what great honor for our country,” the president added.
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“I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very significant moment,” he wrote.
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The president did not answer the specific questions of reporters if he plans for Pope Leo XIV to visit the White House anytime soon.
President Trump, shown above Thursday afternoon in the White House, shared his excitement for the New Pope. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Vatican announced the choice of Papa Leo XIVThe first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church, shortly after the white smoke began to pour from the chimney of the Sistine hat on Thursday, as the Fox News Digital reported earlier on Thursday.
“I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very significant moment.”
Cardinal protodeacon Dominique Mambert announced the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the thousands of loyalists who went down to St. Peter’s Square after 133 voting cardinals discussed in the Sistin hat for approximately 24 hours.
The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
Prevost, a 69-year-old Augustinian, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, dressed in the traditional red papat cape-a cape that Pope Francis had chosen not to wear after his 2013 elections.
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Khloe Quill, Anders Hagstrom and Stephen Sorace, all Fox News Digital, contributed to reporting.
