Rome’s new pope: American pastor Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new Pope of Rome on Thursday (May 8). Chicago -born 69 -year -old Prevost was a member of the Augustinian order who served extensively in Peru. He was the presence of Decastry for Bishop since 2023 and the President of Pontificial Commission for Latin America. He was appointed to posts by Pope Francis, who promoted him as a cardinal. He will take the Pontapical name of Leo XIV.

Robert Francis Prevost is the second consecutive pope to be built from America

It is noteworthy that he is the second consecutive pope from America after Pope Francis, born in Argentina. The curiosity was to know who would be the new Pope, because in the evening the trademark white smoke was coming out of the chimney over St. Peter Square, which showed that the Cardinals’ conference had selected the successor of Pope Francis, who died last month.

A wave of happiness ran between the pastor and the common people waiting for the decision and everyone’s eyes were on the balcony, which was waiting for the first presence of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

The new Pope addressed the crowd shouting

According to the BBC report, the new Pope, while addressing the crowd shouting in Italy, said, “There should be peace for all of you. Brothers and sisters, this is the first greetings of the revived Christ. I want to greet your families, wherever you are, wherever you are, you want to greet peace. You get peace.”

The 133 cardinals involved in this conference held in Sistin Chappell had gathered again after the lunch break after the non -polling on the morning of Thursday (May 8). The new Pope requires a two-thirds majority, which means 89 votes in this conference.

According to the BBC, it took an average three days to choose the pope in the last few conferences and voted seven times.