NEW POPE: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost speaks after being elected first-ever American Pope

After multiple votes over two days, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was raised in Chicago, has been elected as the first-ever American Pope of the Catholic Church. Prevost has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV, and was introduced to the crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Thursday evening. A member of the Augustinian order, Prevost was raised in Chicago but has extensive experience in Peru and at the Vatican, and has served as the head of the bishops for the Catholic Church. Prevost is the first American to ever be elected Pope, and will take over a church that changed dramatically during the tenure of Pope Francie, who died earlier this year.