The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here's what to know about him.

Robert Prevost, 69, will be the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV. He will be the first American to fill the role of Pope, although he is considered as much a cardinal from Latin America because of the many years he spent as a missionary in Peru, before becoming an archbishop there.

"Peace be with all of you!" Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost addressed the 100,000-strong crowd gathered in St.