World Leaders React as Robert Francis Prevost Becomes First American Pope

Political figures around the world have begun congratulating Robert Francis Prevost for being chosen as the successor to Pope Francis. Hailing from Chicago, Prevost is the first American Pope.

The decided vote to elect Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, comes after 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday, May 7, for the papal conclave—a ritual that has been followed to elect every Pope since 1179. On the first day, black smoke billowed from the chapel chimney...