Let’s hope they’ve righted the ship.
American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has been selected as the next Pope, a total surprise. Prevost is an American Catholic cardinal born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago. He is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) and was ordained a priest in 1982. He has spent much of his career in Peru, serving as a missionary, parish pastor.
Prevost is the first American pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
Papal name Leo XIV.
White smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica. pic.twitter.com/XejI7mY43m
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 8, 2025
BREAKING: White smoke has been spotted rising from the Sistine Chapel. A new Pope has been chosen. pic.twitter.com/OkJlQRgUaK
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 8, 2025
BREAKING: A new Pope has been elected!
Listen to these cheers. It will send a chill down your spine! pic.twitter.com/UNoniZaVfy
— Gunther Eagleman
(@GuntherEagleman) May 8, 2025
St. Peter’s Square is erupting with joy.
We have the 267th pope.
BREAKING The new pope is Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, his papal name is Pope Leo XIV
He is the first American pope. pic.twitter.com/i6l3Cb71h0
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 8, 2025
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American prelate of the Catholic Church.
He was appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America in 2023. He previously served as… pic.twitter.com/TLX8fnUJ7p
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there has long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere. But Prevost, a Chicago native, could be a first because he’s also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.
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