Catholic churches across metro Atlanta had their first Sunday services since the election of the new pope. Channel 2’s Bryan Mims was at Christ the King Cathedral, where worshippers are energized by their new leader.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election on Thursday, May 8, as Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Hailing from Chicago and a dual U.