American-born, Cardinal Robert Prevost has been unveiled as the leader of the Catholic church.
TheNewsGuru reports that the new Pope would replace the late Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 in the early morning of 21 April 2025.
Earlier this evening, white smoke billowed above the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the cardinals have selected the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave.
During the papal conclave, the cardinals were not allowed to leave or have any contact with the outside world while they elected the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old Frenchman born in Morocco, made the announcement of a new Pope.
Cardinal Mamberti was expected to announce this unless he himself was elected Pope.
Announcing the new Pope, Dominique said: “I announce to you a great joy, We have a Pope. The most eminent and the reverend Robert Francis.”