Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope.
Prevost is a U.S. citizen and native of Chicago, and the first American pontiff in history.
He has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
The conclave, which voted for a new leader after Pope Francis’s passing, chose Prevost on the second day of deliberations.
Freedomonline reports that the 69-year-old was elected pope at the Vatican City, Italy, on Thursday.
The pope has made his first address amidst a cheering crowd.
