Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. Christian author and journalist Michael Coren says the Vatican understood that the U.S., as a global superpower, had to have someone as a counterweight, and if an American could fulfill that role, ‘that’s better than anybody else.’ »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.