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Archbishop of Philadelphia broke the news of Pope Leo XIV's election to a plane full of people

Most Rev. Nelson Pérez, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, says he was on a plane headed back from Rome when he learned of the election of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost. Pérez says a flight attendant asked him to get up and tell everyone on the aircraft the news. And as far as another papal visit to Philadelphia, Pérez had this to say: "we'll see, he's just getting started."

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