Pope Leo XIV attends Sistine Chapel and prays after being elected

Pope Leo XIV was applauded by cardinals in the Sistine Chapel and prayed alone after being elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Prevost was a surprise choice and is the first US pope. Originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and has dual Peruvian nationality, becoming a cardinal in 2023 Robert Francis Prevost: the moderate, good-humoured first US pope ‘The pope is Peruvian’: elation in country where pontiff served as bishop