It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis

Prevost emerged as the successor to the late Pope Francis on the second day of voting by a papal conclave of more than 130 cardinals. By tradition, he made an appearance on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to greet a large crowd on St. Peter's Square after officially being selected.

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been John, first chosen in 523 by Saint John I, the Vatican says. The last pope to choose that name was Italian Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope John XXIII, in 1958. Roncalli was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in 2014.