How will Pope Leo lead? "Of course, though I have to try out my new signature," Pope Leo said with a smile. He had only stopped being Robert Francis Prevost a few hours before, when he was elected pope. As he took on the name Leo XIV, a new life began for the 69-year-old Chicago-born cardinal. But several events over the next few days and weeks will give Pope Leo a further chance to sketch out the priorities of his pontificate.