US EditionCardinals elect new Pope as white smoke rises from Vatican
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV, at the Vatican on May 8, 2025.
- The election followed a conclave of 133 cardinals from 70 countries held after Pope Francis's death on April 21, 2025.
- Prevost, the first American pope and a former missionary in Peru, previously led the Vatican office overseeing bishops worldwide.
- White smoke appeared around 5pm BST, signaling the decision, while bells tolled and the crowd cheered outside St. Peter's Basilica.
- As Leo XIV, Prevost's election marks a historic first US pontiff and raises questions about the Church’s future direction under his moderate leadership.
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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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