Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV. He made his first public appearance at the Vatican to greet the faithful and deliver his inaugural prayer.

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke will be sent up the chimney of the Sistine Chapel when that happens, to indicate a new pope has been chosen.

White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the conclave.

Crowds in St. Peter’s Square cheered as white smoke rose from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling the papal conclave had chosen a new pope on May 8.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Some have watched it in the cinema,” one cleric involved said, adding that the movie accurately portrays how the conclave works.