US Cardinal Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th Pope and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV.
The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope. Robert Prevost is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church and will take the name Pope Leo XIV.
The crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in cheers as the crowd shouted "Viva il papa" (Long Live the Pope) after the white smoke wafted into the late afternoon sky at 6:07 pm. Pope Leo XIV was then revealed as the new pontiff, and in his first words, said, "Peace be with you."
The pontiff then spoke fondly of his predecessor Francis, saying, "We still hear in our ears the weak but always courageous voice of Pope Francis who blessed us."
"United and hand in hand with God, let us advance together," he added.
About Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV is the first American to fill the role of Pope, although he is considered as much a cardinal from Latin America because of the years he spent as a missionary in Peru, before becoming a bishop there. Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost has held Peruvian nationality since 2015, Peru's national register agency confirmed Thursday to AP.
In 2014, he served as the administrator and later archbishop of Chiclayo and remained in that position until Francis summoned him to Rome in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.
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