1.4b Catholics have a new spiritual leader: Pope Leo XIV
May 9, 2025
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as posted by the channelAbout 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide will have a new spiritual leader: Pope Leo XIV.
A roar erupted from the crowd when those in it saw the white smoke, which was shown on several large screens in St. Peter's Square. Enormous bells of St. Peter's Basilica began to ring, tolling the news that the Catholic Church has a new pope.
The vote came on the second day of the papal election process known as the conclave. Church experts had named other possible candidates and had not expected an American to win the papacy.
The election of Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Leo XIV, as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church marks two historic firsts. Leo is be the first-ever U.S.-born pope to lead the church and the first pope from the Augustinian order.
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