Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little-known missionary from Chicago, was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church, becoming the first U.S. pope and taking the name Leo XIV.   Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.   🔗 Read about the three big clues he offered about his papacy in his speech at our link in bio.   #popeleo #leo #leothe14th #pope #papacy #stpeterssquare #stpetersbasilica #vatican #rome