This American pope

Enlarge this image Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as pope. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as pope. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images The cardinals have elected a new pope: Robert Prevost, a cardinal born in Chicago. He has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. NPR’s Scott Detrow has been in Rome all week. He talks through what we might expect from Pope Leo XIV with NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose, and former, longtime NPR Rome correspondent Sylvia Poggioli. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at [email protected]. Sponsor Message This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlem in Rome, Erika Ryan and Connor Donevan. It was edited by Daniel Burke, Courtney Dorning and Tinbete Ermyas. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.