A new pope has officially been elected and named, with Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, becoming the new head of the Catholic Church. He is the 267th pope and has become the religious leader of ...

The new pope, US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. There are around 1.41 billion ...

Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope after a two-day conclave, and was revealed to onlookers in St Peter's Square ...