New American pope election marks historic religious shift
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1:21 pm
The papal conclave has produced a new American pope, an event that has elicited congratulatory remarks from high-profile figures including former U.S. President Trump. The election witnessed a spectacular, if unexpected, twist as the newly named Pope now greets the world with his distinctive style.
He’s an American who gave heck to JD Vance. Is this Leo a lion?
Le premier ministre a salué « un moment de renouveau, d’espoir et d’unité pour plus d’un milliard de fidèles ».
The Vatican announced Thursday the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV.
L’élection de Léon XIV survient à un moment où les États-Unis bouleversent l’équilibre géopolitique mondial.
Pope Leo has criticized Donald Trump in the past, but his politics will probably annoy all sides as he leads the Church going forward
He has already supported allowing divorced Catholics to receive Holy Communion and allowing same-sex blessings
EDMONTON — The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says the church needs to be in the public square and he is looking forward to working with the new pope. William McGrattan says that he has met Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, a few times and found him to […]
EDMONTON - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says he is looking forward to working with the new pope.
'God loves us. God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail,' he said on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the prior general, or leader, of the Order of St. Augustine, which was formed in the 13th century as a…
Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV CP24
Souvent qualifié de discret et réservé, le nouveau pape Léon XIV était très apprécié par le pape François.
Donald Trump has given a thumbs-up to the new American pope. “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope,” the U.S. president posted on his Truth Social app as the new pope was named on Thursday afternoon. “It is such an honor to realize that he is the first…
WATCH LIVE: Pope Leo XIV greets the world after election CP24
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