# World leaders have congratulated Robert Prevost on being elected as the new pope. Sixty-nine-year-old Pope Leo the 14th is the first American pontiff. French president Emmanuel Macron says, may this new pontificate be one of peace and hope. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes for the continued moral and spiritual support of the Vatican in his country’s efforts to restore justice and achieve a lasting peace. Russian president Vladimir Putin wished the new pope success in fulfilling the high mission entrusted to him.
World leaders congratulate the new head of the Catholic church