President Donald Trump congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday, moments after he was announced as the first U.S.-born pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!”

Prevost, who is originally from Chicago, is taking on the name Leo XIV and will succeed Pope Francis, who died at age 88 last month.

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