Robert Francis Prevost has been named as the new Pope and will become Francis’ successor following two days of voting inside the Sistine Chapel.
He is the 267th Pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
The 69 year old Chicago-born Cardinal is expected to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Pope Francis
He is is viewed as a centrist, but is progressive on some key social issues.
Like Pope Francis who championed migrants and the poor, Prevost has long embraced marginalized groups.
He graduated from Villanova in 1977 with a degree in Mathematics and is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) and was ordained a priest in 1982. has spent much of his career in Peru, serving as a missionary, parish pastor.
