India, May 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated the newly elected Pope, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.

Cardinal Prevost, who will now be known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first American ever to be elected the head of the Catholic Church.

"Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post just after the announcement from the Vatican.

French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the new pope, with the Latin words "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope). With his elect...