Current and former world leaders were quick to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, after his fellow cardinals chose him to succeed the late Pope Francis. “What excitement, and what a great honour for our country,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on social media, referencing the fact that the newly elected Pope was born in the United States. All four of the U.S.’s living past presidents offered congratulations to the 69-year-old, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Leo XIV — himself the first-ever, U.S.-born pope. Former U.S. presidentRead more