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Cardinal Re's Prayer for the Conclave: 'We ask for "[the Holy Spirit's] light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult, complex, and troubled turning point in history."'

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Photo from Bishop Fernand Cheri’s Episcopal Consecration, featuring Donna Toliver Grimes
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Habemus Papam

We have a Pope!


Image taken from Vatican News video.

Leo XIV is the new Pope.
The Conclave has elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome and the first American Pope.
Click here to read the announcement from Vatican News.

Watch the Vatican Media Live broadcast (White smoke begins at -2:50:12).