A new pope has been elected.
He is Robert Francis Prevost, of the United States, and the first American pope, has been selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day 2 of the conclave. It came over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88.
Prevost, 69, is a Chicago-born cardinal who previously served in Peru for two decades.