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- Pope Leo XIV is due to hold Mass in the Sistine Chapel at 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT, 10:00 BST) – the day after being elected as the new pontiff
- World leaders have been offering their congratulations to the new leader of the Catholic Church
- Born Robert Prevost, in Chicago, he is the first North American to be elected pope
- The new Pope is seen as a reformer and worked for many years as a missionary in Peru before being made an archbishop there
- US President Donald Trump has called it a “great honour” to have a pope from the US
- In Peru many are proud of the new Pope, but allegations of a cover-up of sexual abuse cases will be among the challenges he faces