US Edition‘Habemus Papam’: Singapore’s Catholic archdiocese celebrates election of new pope, Leo XIV
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Pope, on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 6:06 pm Rome time.
- The conclave of 133 cardinal electors selected Leo XIV as the 267th Pope; he is the first American pontiff and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2023 during Pope Francis's papacy.
- Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, spent much of his priestly career as a missionary and bishop in northern Peru, where he received citizenship in 2015.
- Singapore’s Catholic community joined millions worldwide in celebrating the election of the new pope, expressing gratitude and encouraging prayers for the newly appointed Vicar of Christ.
- About a week from now, a ceremonial mass will be held to officially inaugurate Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, marking the beginning of his apostolic service with hopes that he will lead the Church with compassionate guidance.
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Asia Pacific Catholics react to news of Church’s first U.S.-born pontiff Pope Leo XIV
Singaporean theology student Dominic Nalpon managed to arrive at the center of St. Peter’s Square in time to hear the awaited “Habemus papam!” (“We have a pope!”) announcement and see the new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025. / Credit: ... [...]
Asia Pacific Catholics react to news of first U.S.-born pontiff Pope Leo XIV
Singaporean theology student Dominic Nalpon managed to arrive at the center of St. Peter’s Square in time to hear the awaited “Habemus papam!” (“We have a pope!”) announcement and see the new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Dominic Nalpon Rome Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 12:26 pm (CNA). From Europe to the Asia Pacific, millions of Catholics are celebrating the election of U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV as the 267th lea…
The prediction of Artificial Intelligence about who the new Pope would be: was it right with Leo XIV?
Three weeks after the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church now has a new Pope: Leon XIV. The white smoker surprised the majority of the faithful who followed from St. Peter's Square the result of the fourth vote of the conclave, until the cardinal proto-deacon Dominique François Joseph Mamberti has pronounced that of "Habemus Papam!", on the central balcony of the Vatican. In a procedure with a long tradition dating back to the origins of …
"Habemus papam": bells and applause at Notre-Dame-de-Paris after the election of Pope Leo XIV
The American Robert Francis Prevost became Thursday the 267th pontiff of history, seventeen days after the death of Pope Francis. "Improvisation" in Mass, applause... While the bells of Notre-Dame rang at the announcement of the election of the new pope, how did the Parisian faithful react?
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