Peruvians elated after cardinal who spent years in country is elected Pope

A man waves a Peruvian flag after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new Pope (Cesar Zamalloa/AP)

Peruvians were elated on Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country and who they see as one of their own was elected Pope.

Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as an archbishop. That made him the first Pope from each country.