The number 267 Pontiff in the history of the Church was elected on Thursday.
The official Vatican account published on Thursday 8, the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as a new Pope.
In the post, the church explains that he chose the name Leo XIV to accompany him in the 267th papacy of the history of the Catholic Church.
Habemus Papam! We have Pope!
The cardinals gathered in the Vatican Sistine Chapel have Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost electro as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV. pic.twitter.com/7coAWSKVWU
– News in the Vatican (@vaticanNews) May 8, 2025
Prevost is the first American Pope, he is 69 years old and is part of the Order of Franciscans, as well as being a friend of Francisco.
On January 30, 2023, at the time Pope Francisco appointed him mayor of the Dicker for the bishops and the president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. It became a cardinal in September of the same year.
Source: Terra
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