India, May 9 -- Pope Leo XIV has now succeeded late Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church after the Papal Conclave voting concluded a few hours ago. White smoke was seen billowing from the iconic Pristine Chapel after the new Pope was elected.

Prevost won the ballot election in the fourth leg, grabbing on to a lead after three ballots from the last couple of days yielded no result.

According to a Forbes report, Pope Leo XIV attended the St. Mary of the Assumption church in his childhood, which is located on the southern part of Chicago. This place shaped his religious fundamentals, and then he went to St. Augustine Seminary High School.

After completing high school, Prevost went on to study mathematics at Villanova Universi...