US EditionCardinals elect new Pope as white smoke rises from Vatican
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen as pope during the conclave held at the Vatican and will adopt the papal name Leo XIV.
- The conclave involved 133 cardinals from 71 nations who voted in secrecy and spent the night sequestered at Vatican residences.
- Prevost, 69, a Chicago native and former archbishop of Chiclayo, leads the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations and gained Peruvian citizenship in 2015.
- White smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel chimney around 6 p.m. Signaling Prevost's election by at least 89 votes, confirmed by Cardinal Dominique Mamberti's announcement, 'Habemus Papam'.
- Prevost will immediately lead the Catholic Church's 1.4 billion followers amid ongoing abuse scandals and complex global challenges inherited from Pope Francis' papacy.
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A Utah Catholic commentator’s wishes for the new pope
Instead of tuning into Instagram, TikTok or YouTube for the past few days, millions (and maybe billions) of world citizens have been squinting at their cellphones trying to detect whether a makeshift metal chimney jutting from a 500-year-old chapel in Rome breathed out white or black smoke.
White smoke brings the memes: The best left by the conclave and the ‘Habemus papam’
Habemus papam! On the day when the Conclave began for the election of the new pope of the Catholic Church, after the death of Francis by a stroke, the new high pontiff was chosen. It was at 10:08 a.m. this Thursday, May 8, when white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang to announce that a new leader of the Catholic Church is already being held. The 133 cardinals who met in the Conclave finally elected t…
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