Prevost, who will go by the name of Leo XIV, is seen by Vatican watchers as someone who could have a good rapport with Trump, but who may also clash with the president over migration. Prevost, 69, was born in Chicago but spent much of his life outside the US, mostly in Peru and Rome.
President Donald Trump hailed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the pope, the first US national ever to be head of the Catholic Church, and said he looked forward to meeting him.
“It is such an honour to realise that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country,” Trump said in a social media post on Thursday. “I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!”
