May 8, 2025

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

The Vatican has announced the selection of a new Pope.

The Pope was selected after who Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

The Vatican in a message on Thursday on X, making the announcement said

“I announce to you a great joy;
we have a Pope:
The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord, Lord Robert Francis Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Prevost who has taken the name Leo XIV.

Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti announces that the Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.