By U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano was born in Chicago.
He is aged 69. The Chicago-born Cardinal served as bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru from 2015 to 2023. He was made a cardinal in 2023.
In February of this year, Pope Francis promoted Prevost to cardinal-bishop. He was assigned to Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano in the Province of Rome.
“Father Patrick Flanagan talked with Ed Henry about Cardinal Robert Prevost being elected the next pope, spoked about the new values, and more.”
New Pope Elected – White Smoke Comes Out of Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Chimney
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➡️ The 133 cardinals taking part have reached the required two-thirds consensus to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church after 4 rounds of voting.
Previously, the conclave had twice failed to elect a new Pope.
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