A new Pope has been elected, Pope Leo XIV
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, in the Vatican.
- The election followed a two-day conclave of 133 voting cardinals convened after Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025.
- Prevost, born in Chicago in 1955, served many years as missionary and archbishop in Peru and currently leads the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops.
- White smoke signaled Prevost's election after cardinals reached a two-thirds majority, and he called for peace, dialogue, and missionary evangelization in his first address.
- As the first American pope, Leo XIV’s election implies continuity with Pope Francis’ priorities and may influence the divided U.S. Church amid global challenges.
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