The Vatican has unveiled Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope.
The new pope, Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo, is the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church
The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in stunned applause when the announcement was made to the Catholic Church.
The Chicago-born Prevost, 69, is seen as a reformer and worked for many years as a missionary in Peru before being made an archbishop there.
