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by Reventlov 405 days ago
François was born in Buenos Aires, how is that the first american pope ?
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magneticnorth 405 days ago
At least in (USA) American news sources, "American" means from the USA. Francis was the first pope from the Americas.

See Wikipedia for deeper discussion of the use of the term in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)

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