Habemus papam. The Church has a new pope: Leo XIV. When the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals, Dominique Mamberti, announced "Cardinalem Prevost" there was a brief silence in St Peter's Square as people attempted to register who he was; but the same was true of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 2013. Robert Francis Prevost, the former Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, was one of the lesser-known of the papabile, the likely candidates for the papacy, but not a total outsider. His relatively swift election, during the first full day's conclave voting, suggests that he has made a favourable impression on his fellow cardinals. That augurs well for a Pope who spoke from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica – his basilica – about the need for unity in the Church.