When Cardinal Dominique Mambertì appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and uttered the fateful Latin phrase "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope), more than a hundred thousand people cheered.

In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago, Catholics took to the streets and church bells rang on Thursday to celebrate the election of the former missionary who they embrace as one of their own.

Stephen Colbert celebrated the election of a new Pope during his May 8 monologue on “The Late Show” by throwing shade at vice president JD Vance. America-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen as the 267th Pope by 133 cardinals on the second day of the conclave.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent Prevost, who had spent years as a missionary in Peru, to take over a complicated diocese there in 2014.

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Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising election by the world's cardinals as Pope Leo XIV probably had less to do with his birthplace than his former workplace.

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There was a wild two-month primary. A controversial development in Hyde Park that residents warned elected officials would haunt them at the ballot box. And Vice President JD Vance, hours before polls closed, urged residents to vote for his half-brother. Most Cincinnati voters, 90%, opted to stay home instead.

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, has been elected as the new pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

John Prevost, the brother of Pope Leo, formerly known as Robert Prevost, said he had a phone call with his sibling hours before he entered the real-life conclave. "First, we do Wordle, because this is a regular thing, okay? Then we do Words with Friends. It's something to keep his mind off of life in the real world," Prevost said.