"I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens," Trump said, presumably referring to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York.

The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church. "This is the first greeting of the risen Christ. May the peace be with you," Leo said in Italian in his first remarks as pope.