First Thing: Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff
Good morning. Robert Francis Prevost, the first US cleric to lead the Roman Catholic church, has said “evil will not prevail” as he addressed a crowd of 100,000 pilgrims and tourists in his first speech as Pope Leo XIV from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. The election on Thursday of Prevost, 69, as…
