Peterborough bishop says excitement around the new pope’s election a reminder “that faith still matters”

Learn from Papal Conclave, Election of Pope Leo on Servant Leadership: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to African Governments

The 2025 Conclave that brought together 133 Cardinal Electors on May 7 resulting in the following day’s election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff has a lot to teach governments, especially those in Africa, a Kenyan Catholic Bishop has said.  In an interview with ACI Africa on the sidelines of the Priestly Ordination of three Kenyan members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathe…

Peterborough bishop says excitement around the new pope’s election a reminder “that faith still matters”

Thursday’s historic naming of the first American pope caught many by surprise, the head of Peterborough’s Roman Catholic archdiocese among them. Bishop Daniel Miehm admits Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was elected on the second day of the conclave, wasn’t on his radar. Taking the name of Pope Leo IV, Prevost received at least 89 of 133 votes to succeed Pope Francis, who passed away April 21st. Bishop Miehm says he was also surprised …