Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first U.S. pope a day after Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV.

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One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ rights.