Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/conclave-day-2/507-b03aa341-0e70-428f-81c0-676be0d3541e