US Edition"Cardinals surprise everyone: International press exults over Pope Leo XIV.
- Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope Leo XIV late Thursday at a conclave held in Vatican City, becoming the first American pope.
- Prevost's election followed his leadership of the Vatican's office of bishops and his earlier ministry work in Peru as a Chicago native.
- He is regarded as a moderate figure, less progressive than Pope Francis, yet he openly advocates for the rights and well-being of migrants and those living in poverty.
- India and Pakistan continued cross-border strikes during the conclave, while the United States urged calm amid the growing tension.
- Prevost's election introduces a new leadership era for the Vatican with a historic first American pontiff amidst global geopolitical challenges.
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«The American surprise», «Habemus pope», «a pope not at all to Trump's taste»: the media present but in the restraint for Leo XIV
In the aftermath of the election of the new head of the Catholic Church, national and international newspapers posted this Friday, May 9, on all their fronts, the face of this first pope born in the United States.
Pope Leo XIV is already from record: it has been one of the shortest conclaves of the last 150 years
One of the shortest conclaves of the last 150 years. The only four scrutins sufficient to elect Robert Francis Prevost as successor to Jorge Mario Bergoglio make Leone XIV a record. Since the middle of 1800 there have been not many clausures in the Sistine Chapel so short to choose the new pope. Leo XIII, passed to history for the Encyclical Rerum Novarum, was elected in 1878 after only three votes. Successor Pius X, later proclaimed saint, had …
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