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American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the new Pope, takes Papal Name Pope Leo XIV

By IBNS
May 8, 2025 ..

US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected in a surprise choice as the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American pontiff.


After white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signifying that the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, Pope Leo made an appearance on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV. pic.twitter.com/7COawsKvWu

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 8, 2025

The choice of Prevost was announced by French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti with the Latin words "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope) to tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear the news.

Originally from Chicago, Prevost, 69, has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

Pope Leo XIV greets the world for the first time to grant his Urbi et Orbi blessing. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Successor of Peter by the 133 Cardinal electors on Thursday, May 8. pic.twitter.com/Xzusx6gLoe

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 8, 2025

He has given very few media interviews and rarely speaks in public.

Leo becomes the 267th Catholic pope after the death of Pope Francis last month, who was the first Latin American pope and had led the Church for 12 years.

Pope Francis undertook a range of reforms and allowed debate on divisive issues such as women's ordination and better inclusion of LGBT Catholics.

Ahead of the conclave, some cardinals called for continuity with Francis' vision of greater openness and reform, while others said they wanted to go back and embrace old traditions.

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