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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 6117450" data-attributes="member: 58700"><p>One could argue that the new pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost (Pope Leo XIV), is not truly American because, despite being born in Chicago, he holds dual citizenship with Peru, where he spent significant time as a missionary and later became a citizen in 2015. His long tenure abroad, including 20 of the past 22 years outside the U.S., and his choice to speak in Spanish while addressing Peru but not the U.S. in his first papal speech, suggest a stronger alignment with Peruvian identity and culture.</p></blockquote><p></p>