PREVIEW

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Chosen As The New Pope. May 8, 2025, Vatican City, Rome, Italy: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chosen as the Pope for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, as Catholic faithful and diverse clergy from around the world, gather in St. Peter's Square outside the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel's Papal Conclave, where today's vote for a new Pontiff was heralded by white Smoke arising from the chimney atop the chapel's ramparts. The 69 yers old, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is the first American-born Pope, born in Chicago and has chosen the papal name Leo XIV