# US president Donald Trump says the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope, the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church, is a great honour for the country. Pope Leo The 14th was chosen as the 267th pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel on the second day of their conclave on Thursday. Trump says he looks forward to meeting the new pope. Pope Leo The 14th is expected to build on the late Pope Francis’ reforms.
Trump calls first American pope’s election a great honour for the country