“Habemus Papam.” We Have a Pope.
After days of feverish speculation American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine, and draped in a gold embroidered sash. He clasped his hands in prayer, and smiled as the crowds chanted his name, and “Viva La Papa!”
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2025