Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected as the 267th pope and will soon appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
Prevost, aged 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first-ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
Prevost received the necessary two-thirds majority vote to be elected pope, which likely occurred on the fourth ballot, following two failed ballots on Thursday morning and one failed ballot on Wednesday.
Bells chimed as white smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel, where thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square and chanted, "Long live the pope!"
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced Prevost as pope on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening, approximately an hour after white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel.
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