The newly chosen Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro, in the Vatican, on May 8, 2025.
Guglielmo Mangiapane | Reuters
The Roman Catholic cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope on Thursday, the first time an American has been selected as a pontiff.
Prevost, 69, chose the name Papal Leo XIV.
A native of Chicago, Prevost was chosen on the second day of the Cardinals’ conclave.
Prevost was announced more than an hour after the cardinals pointed out their choice with white smoke columns that undertake a chimney in the Sistine Chapel in the city of the Vatican.
The previous pontiff, Pope Francis, died on April 22 at age 88.
In the recent Vatican agrees, the name of the new Pope was announced between 25 minutes and 66 minutes after the white smoke was seen on the Sistine Chapel. White smoke was seen around 12:07 pm et.
The new Pope is the 267th Roman Catholic Pontiff, the spiritual leader of more than one billion Catholics worldwide.
People react after Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the choice of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost as Pope 267, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, in the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.
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