A new Pope has been elected, Pope Leo XIV
- Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City after a two-day conclave.
- The election took place after Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, with 133 cardinals casting votes to achieve a required two-thirds majority.
- Prevost, a Chicago-born U.S. native and former Vatican bishops' office leader, is viewed as a moderate likely to continue Pope Francis’s philosophy of synodality and dialogue.
- He expressed that serious human rights violations are occurring in Ukraine, and his friends highlight his concern for topics such as climate change and aiding the poor.
- Pope Leo XIV now leads 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide amid turbulent times, with expectations he may balance tradition and progressive values on key church topics.
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