Robert Francis Prevost was selected to be the new head of the Catholic Church and will take the name Pope Leo XIV. Here is what Donald Trump said.

Cardinal Robert Prevost named first North American pope and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the balcony of St Peter's Basilica where he addressed jubilant crowds

Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday and chose Leo XIV as his papal name.

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences. On Wednesday evening, black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave.

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during their two morning ballots.