In his first audience with the press, the pontiff renewed his support for a more peaceful world and quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, who had called for communication that is free from aggression.

Pope Francis broke with an old tradition and did not live in the Apostolic Palace like his predecessors, but in the Santa Marta guesthouse. But how will his successor Pope Leo XIV decide? He still lives in his old apartment,

The new pope is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost— and will be known to the world as Leo XIV — after he was elected Thursday in the second day of voting by the papal conclave. Why it matters: He is the first American pontiff in history and was born in Chicago.