Robert Prevost, a missionary, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Learn more. VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the ...

Waving flags from around the world ... The folded ballot is placed on a round plate and tipped into a silver and gold urn.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...