Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, is the first American and Black Pope in history, with roots in the Black community of New Orleans' 7th Ward and ancestry in Haiti, and is known for his outspokenness on racial justice, immigrant rights, and the abolition of the death penalty.

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