Trump celebrates election of first American pope

President Trump connected Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost aft helium was elected arsenic the caller pope, making him the archetypal American to service arsenic the caput of the Catholic Church.

"Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was conscionable named Pope. It is specified an grant to recognize that helium is the archetypal American Pope," Trump posted connected Truth Social. "What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look guardant to gathering Pope Leo XIV. It volition beryllium a precise meaningful moment!"

Prevost, 69, is from Chicago and has mostly worked successful Peru. He is an Augustinian friar and graduated from Villanova University successful 1977.

White fume billowed from the Vatican connected Thursday day to denote that the conclave of Cardinals had chosen a caller pope.

Pope Francis died past period astatine the property of 88, conscionable hours after helium met with Vice President Vance successful Rome.