Robert Francis Prevost, Now Leo XIV, Is First American Pope Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost (L) gestures on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has chosen the papal title of Pope Leo XIV.

A new pope has been named in the Vatican as the 2025 conclave comes to a close. An American Cardinal, from Chicago, Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV is the new pope.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, newly minted Pope Leo XIV, pictured in his 1977 college yearbook at Villanova.© Obtained by NY Post Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears with, from left, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV, then known as Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, at a mass at St. Jude Parish in New Lenox, Ill., last year.via Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel ...