Pope Leo XIV | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Pope Leo XIV | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for May 9, 2025.

Higgins leads congratulations for new Pope Leo XIV in Ireland

Irish premier Micheal Martin and Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill have also congratulated the new pontiff.

'He will return to Ireland' says Irish priest who is a friend of Pope Leo

Fr Tony Finn says that the new Pope loved his visits to Ireland — including one to Cork in 2007 — and he has no doubt that the newly-elected pontiff will return

Tonight, world leaders are congratulating the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected after two days of election of cardinals at a conclave that ended in white smoke from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in the afternoon, the agencies reported.

St. Jude School students in Chattanooga celebrate Pope Leo XIV

Students at St. Jude School in Chattanooga rejoice as Pope Leo XIV is announced as the first American Pope. Pictures show the excitement as they witness this momentous occasion.

The Sagrada Família of Barcelona has expressed its congratulations to the new Pope, Leo XIV, on his appointment and has hoped that he will have the opportunity to visit the basilica and contemplate the "most iconographic project of the servant of God Antoni Gaudí".