Former Sen. Rick Santorum told Newsmax on Thursday he was not a fan that the new American pontiff did not speak in his native language.

“He’s the first American Pope who’s never spent any of his career in America,” Santorum said on “American Agenda” while on scene in Italy, minutes after Pope Leo XIV was elected to lead the Catholic Church.

“He’s talking Spanish. He’s an American. And he didn’t even speak in English. I mean, I don’t know how you claim this is an American Pope if he won’t even speak in his native tongue. That to me is very disturbing,” said Santorum, a Catholic.

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