Get comfortable, this usually takes a while.
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Get comfortable, this usually takes a while.
#Cardinals Gather in #SistineChapel to Elect #Pope
The #conclave to select the next leader of 1.4 billion #RomanCatholics comes at an uncertain moment for the #church.
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Get comfortable, this usually takes a while.
#Cardinals Gather in #SistineChapel to Elect #Pope
The #conclave to select the next leader of 1.4 billion #RomanCatholics comes at an uncertain moment for the #church.
Huh, that didn’t take as long as I expected.
Holy #WhiteSmoke Batman, we have a new #pope!
The identity of the new pontiff is not yet known. #Vatican officials are expected to announce his name in Latin from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica shortly.
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old Frenchman born in Morocco, is expected to make the announcement — unless he himself is elected pope.
Then the new pope himself will appear & address the crowd.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5385327/vatican-white-smoke-new-pope-conclave
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Huh, that didn’t take as long as I expected.
Holy #WhiteSmoke Batman, we have a new #pope!
The identity of the new pontiff is not yet known. #Vatican officials are expected to announce his name in Latin from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica shortly.
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old Frenchman born in Morocco, is expected to make the announcement — unless he himself is elected pope.
Then the new pope himself will appear & address the crowd.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5385327/vatican-white-smoke-new-pope-conclave
Whoa! An #American #Pope! From #Chicago, IL!
Cardinal #RobertPrevost takes the name #Leo
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Whoa! An #American #Pope! From #Chicago, IL!
Cardinal #RobertPrevost takes the name #Leo
'#Peace be with you all', #Pope #LeoXIV says in his first public words.
Cardinal #RobertPrevost, 69, is an #American who has spent much of his career as a #missionary in #Peru, is relatively unknown.
Made a cardinal by #PopeFrancis in 2023, he has given few media interviews & rarely speaks in public.
Originally from #Chicago, he has attracted interest from his peers because of his quiet style & support for Francis' 12yr papacy, especially his commitment to #SocialJustice issues.
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'#Peace be with you all', #Pope #LeoXIV says in his first public words.
Cardinal #RobertPrevost, 69, is an #American who has spent much of his career as a #missionary in #Peru, is relatively unknown.
Made a cardinal by #PopeFrancis in 2023, he has given few media interviews & rarely speaks in public.
Originally from #Chicago, he has attracted interest from his peers because of his quiet style & support for Francis' 12yr papacy, especially his commitment to #SocialJustice issues.
Prevost served as a bishop in Chiclayo, in northwestern #Peru, 2015–2023.
#PopeFrancis brought him to Rome that year to head the Vatican office in charge of choosing which priests should serve as #Catholic bishops across the globe.
Prevost said during a 2023 Vatican press conference: "Our work is to enlarge the tent & to let everyone know they are welcome inside the Church."
#Pope #LeoXIV #RobertPrevost #American #Chicago #SocialJustice
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Prevost served as a bishop in Chiclayo, in northwestern #Peru, 2015–2023.
#PopeFrancis brought him to Rome that year to head the Vatican office in charge of choosing which priests should serve as #Catholic bishops across the globe.
Prevost said during a 2023 Vatican press conference: "Our work is to enlarge the tent & to let everyone know they are welcome inside the Church."
#Pope #LeoXIV #RobertPrevost #American #Chicago #SocialJustice
From the ChicagoSunTimes:
Cardinal #RobertPrevost, born in #Chicago, is the 1st American #pope
“I’m really proud,” said Noelle Neis, a childhood friend who, w/her 4 siblings, grew up in the same parish as the Prevosts, the old St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s border w/Dolton.
“To think about we knew him when he was a kid,” Neis said. “He’s just like one of us. Before it was so out of reach for anybody.”
#Pope #LeoXIV
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/08/cardinal-robert-prevost-raised-in-dolton-is-the-first-american-pope -
From the ChicagoSunTimes:
Cardinal #RobertPrevost, born in #Chicago, is the 1st American #pope
“I’m really proud,” said Noelle Neis, a childhood friend who, w/her 4 siblings, grew up in the same parish as the Prevosts, the old St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s border w/Dolton.
“To think about we knew him when he was a kid,” Neis said. “He’s just like one of us. Before it was so out of reach for anybody.”
#Pope #LeoXIV
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/08/cardinal-robert-prevost-raised-in-dolton-is-the-first-american-popeI wonder, given #RobertPrevost’s many years spent in #SouthAmerica, if the choice was related at all to the current cruelty of Trump’s #immigration policies & #deportations of #LatinAmericans.
Notable that after #Pope #LeoXIV gave his remarks in Italian he spoke in #Spanish, but the Chicago born #American did not speak in English.
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