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It's hard to say precisely, since the Vatican doesn't publish official data on the number of votes or tallies in past conclaves, and sources compiling their own data are not in complete agreement. But ...
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez issued the following statement May 8 regarding the election of Pope Leo XIV as the Supreme Pontiff ...
The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...
Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the first US leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church – taking the name Pope Leo ...
Trump welcomes new American-born pope and says he can’t wait to meet him - despite Leo XIV previous criticism - The new pope, ...
It is the quickest papal election in a century, beating the conclave of 2005, when Joseph Ratzinger claimed the title in less ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.
President Donald Trump said the selection of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost to be pope is "a great honor" for the U.S., noting he ...
Three recent X posts from then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago - now Pope Leo XIV - shared items critical of Trump ...
Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops globally, has spent much of his life ...
On Thursday, May 8, a conclave took place in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. 133 cardinals from 71 countries gathered to ...