Jeanie Hannaman

Vatican News, May 9, 2025 - From the Sistine Chapel, Holy Mass with the Cardinals, presided by Pope Leo XIV at the conclusion of the Conclave. From the Sistine Chapel, Holy Mass with the Cardinals, presided by Pope Leo XIV at the conclusion of the Conclave

By Greg Schlueter, Crisis Magazine - Yesterday, in the heart of the Catholic Church, a sacred drama reached its summit. The conclave has ended. White smoke has risen. A new pope has been chosen — a moment that reaches back through centuries, a moment when the Church stands poised, not merely looking to the future, but standing at the crossroads of eternity. Inside the Sistine Chapel, beneath Michelangelo’s fresco of the Last Judgment, the prayers of the cardinals have been answered, and the Church now looks to her new shepherd.

By Jonah McKeown, CNA - Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States... Smiling and waving while wearing more traditional papal garb than his predecessor — and appearing to hold back tears at certain points — Leo blessed the cheering masses assembled in St. Peter’s Square, proclaiming in confident Italian: “Peace be with you all!”

By Hannah Brockhaus, CNA - Pope Leo XIV greeted the world for the first time on Thursday with the words “Peace be with you all.”... The 69-year-old new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the first pope from the United States on Thursday. A native of Chicago, Leo spoke in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, addressing the hundreds of thousands of people waiting in the square and streets below.