Who is the new Pope Robert Prevost? As Francis’s successor is named

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Robert Francis Prevost has been named as the first American to serve as the Pope.He has been elected as Pope Leo XIV and emerged onto the balcony to an eruption of applause while people could be heard chanting his name.Speaking in Italian and then Spanish, he said Pope Francis was always ‘courageous and blesse