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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 16:12 pm (CNA). U.S. bishops on Thursday hailed the election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first pope born…
“What a great honor for our country,” President Trump said of the election of the Catholic Church’s new Chicago-born pope on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, along with former presidents Joe Biden and…
We are still recovering from the announcement that revealed the name of the new Pope: the American Robert Francis Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV. From where I was positioned, although I could see the square and the balcony, I couldn’t hear the audio from the balcony very clearly. I only caught the…
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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Pete’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA). On May 8, 2025, the first American pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Here is…
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Pete’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 15:32 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV greeted the world for the first time on Thursday with the words “Peace be with you all.” The 69-year-old new…
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States. Smiling and waving while wearing more traditional papal garb than his predecessor — and appearing to…
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