The cardinal voters of the Catholic Church chose an American on Thursday to serve as the new Pope. Born in Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost69, his destiny was chosen and accepted as the next bishop of Rome, leader of the 1,400 million Catholics in the world. Prevost, the first Pope in the United States, chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
The identity of the new Pontiff was revealed approximately one hour after Papal conclave.
After the white smoke brought an initial joy, the crowd in the Plaza de San Pedro exploded in applause again, since it was announced that the Catholic Church, for the first time in its history, has a leader of the United States.
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Papa Leo XIV He soon went up to the balcony to deliver his first public comments as a pontiff.
“Peace be with you,” he said while talking with the masses gathered in Italian. “This is the face of the resurrected Christ, a scattered and humble face. A God who loves us all unconditionally. We confirm with our ears the weak, but always the brave voice of Pope Francis, who Rome Blessed Rome at the entry given is blinged his Blessessed his blessed gave him that he gave tossed gave that he gave them to give them that he gave him to He gave Bessed that he gave Bessed that he gave TosSed that he gave themseed that he gave themsels he gave that he gave themseed that he gave themselves to First that he gave themselves to Bessed gave that he gave Beckssed that he gave tossed gave that he gave him to thoss dedication.
Who is the new Pope?
He Pope born in Chicago He is also a citizen or Peru, where he worked for many years. He was made Cardinal by Pope Francis in September 2023.
His most recent role was the head of the church dicastery for bishops, which means that he supervised the selection of new bishops.
In general, he is considered a centrist, but in many social issues that he looks as progressive, hugging a marginalized group as Francis, who defended migrants and the poor. But Prevost opposes ordering women as a deacon, for example, so it is seen as conservative in the church doctrine.
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How do you compare the duration of the 2025 conclave with agreements?
The conclave to choose a successor of Pope Francis It started on Wednesday afternoon, local time. The 133 cardinal voters who participated in the process prayed together and joined a secret vote before the doors closed and the first round of votes were issued. When the night fell, the black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that they had not yet agreed to an choice.
In Thorsday Morning, the cardinals resumed the process For day 2 And, once again, before lunchtime in Rome, the black smoke did not indicate any decisive result of the two votes of the morning. The white smoke occurred after another vote during the afternoon of the day, local time, less than 24 hours after the conclave.
In recent history, we agree to last only a couple of days, and this year’s safe.
Some tight, however, prolonged Much longer. The longest in history, in the thirteenth century, almost three years to choose Pope Gregory X.
The shortest recorded conclave, in 1503, took only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III.
How long was the conclave that chose Pope Francis?
The conclave that chose Pope Francis It began on March 12, 2013, and was announced as Pope the next day, after five tickets.
The conclave that chose his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, begged on April 18, 2005. Benedict was announced as Pope the next day after four tickets.
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