we have a new pope!
Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His papal name is Pope Leo XIV.
White smoke finally rose from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, signaling to onlookers that the voting cardinals have come to a two-thirds consensus and decided on a new pope. The conclave, which began on May 7, lasted two days.
A short time later, protodeacon of the College of Cardinals came out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and announced "habemus papum," which means "we have a pope."
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remembering Pope francis
1936 to 2025
CONCLAVE TO MEET MAY 7TH
At 10.00 this morning,, May 7th, in the Vatican Basilica, the Holy Mass “pro eligendo Romano Pontifice” took place.
The Mass was concelebrated by the Cardinal Electors and presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.
"Let us pray, then, that the Holy Spirit, who in the last hundred years has given us a series of truly holy and great Pontiffs, will give us a new Pope according to God’s heart for the good of the Church and of humanity.
Let us pray that God will grant the Church a Pope who knows how best to awaken the consciences of all and the moral and spiritual energies in today’s society, characterized by great technological progress but which tends to forget God.
Today’s world expects much from the Church regarding the safeguarding of those fundamental human and spiritual values without which human coexistence will not be better nor bring good to future generations.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, intercede with her maternal intercession, so that the Holy Spirit will enlighten the minds of the Cardinal electors and help them agree on the Pope that our time needs."
( Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re )
“O God, eternal shepherd,
who govern your flock with unfailing care,
grant in your boundless fatherly love
a pastor for your Church
who will please you by his holiness
and to us show watchful care.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.”
+ Bishop Schlert
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