Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV, was elected the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8.
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00:00Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV, was elected the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8.
00:09Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after white smoke rose from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader.
00:21He greets the cheering crowd, speaking in fluent Italian.
00:24He also mentions Pope Francis, who gave his final blessing to the crowds in Rome on Easter Sunday, the day before he died of a stroke after battling double pneumonia for weeks.
00:37He is the first American to be named Pope.
00:40Reacting to the news, Trump said at the White House, to have the Pope from the United States of America, that's a great honor.
00:47Originally from Chicago, he has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and has dual Peruvian nationality.
00:53When Trump had a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to discuss using a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place, Prevost reposted a comment that included,
01:03Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?
01:06In February, then-Cardinal Prevost shared an article with the caption, quote,
01:11J.D. Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others.
01:15He became a cardinal only in 2023 and has given few media interviews and rarely speaks in public.
01:21He moved to the Vatican in 2023 after Francis named him in charge of choosing bishops.
01:28Prevost said after the promotion,
01:30My vocation, like that of every Christian, is to be a missionary.
01:34As a priest, Pope Leo XIV had already visited the Philippines several times.
01:38He was in Cebu in 2004 to bless an Augustinian friary.
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