International
In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected as the new pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He becomes the first American to ascend to the papacy in the Church’s more than two-thousand-year history. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Pope Leo XIV most recently served as the head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops—a powerful role that oversees the global appointment of bishops. He was appointed to this…
