{"id":118551,"date":"2025-05-08T19:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118551"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:42:04","slug":"breaking-cardinal-robert-prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-emerges-as-francis-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-cardinal-robert-prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-emerges-as-francis-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, Emerges as Francis Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and new leader of the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prevost, 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A leader with global experience, he spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis\u2019 reforms.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He worked for a decade in Trujillo, Peru, and was later appointed Bishop of Chiclayo, another Peruvian city, where he served from 2014 to 2023. Prevost also holds a Peruvian passport and has been a Peruvian citizen since 2015.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in Chicago, he is a member of the Augustinian religious order where he became the global superior \u2013 and spent many years working in Peru. He was later Bishop of Chicalayo, Peru, before being chosen by Francis to lead the Vatican\u2019s bishop office. While it is often said cardinal electors would always shy away from choosing a pope from the US due to America\u2019s global political influence, Prevost\u2019s long experience in Peru may help mitigate that.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with Vatican News shortly after he became the leader of the Dicastery for Bishops, Prevost said: \u201cI still consider myself a missionary. My vocation, like that of every Christian, is to be a missionary, to proclaim the Gospel wherever one is.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sudden emergence of white smoke at the Sistine chapel on Thursday evening was an indication that a new pope has been elected.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhite smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican\u2019s Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica\u201d Vatican confirmed on its X handle.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The election of the pope was done through a secret vote, and after he was elected by two third majority, he will state his papal name before moving to the Room of Tears where he receives his papal robes. This is expected to take between 30 minutes and an hour.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will then introduce himself to the faithful waiting in St Peter\u2019s square after the declaration &#8220;&#8216;Habemus papam&#8221; meaning &#8216;we have a pope&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pope, who will be the 267th, will take immediate charge of the Vatican, leading the Catholic Church and holding authority over its 1.4 billion followers.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and new leader of the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics. 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