Jeanie Hannaman

By John Gizzi, Newsmax - This may have been one of the most tumultuous papal conclaves in recent memory, with the cardinals of the Roman Church settling on what appears to be a unifying Pope, Leo XIV... It is remarkable that Robert Prevost, an American, became Pope. It long had been held that an American could never become Pope... But Vatican sources, who are impeccable, tell Newsmax he was the man to beat from the minute the conclave began... Here’s what unfolded... This conclave started last Wednesday with secret meetings in the Sistine Chapel.

By Tom Colsy, The Catholic Herald - Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the former Prefect of the Papal Household, described the results of the recent papal conclave as marking the beginning of a new era for the Church – one marked by clarity, stability and a decisive break from the confusion of the past... Gänswein described the elevation of Cardinal Robert Prevost as a moment of “great and good surprise”, adding that he felt an immediate sense of hope as the new Pope appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica... “Optically and acoustically, this Pope inspires hope, hope, hope”... “We can begin to count on a papacy capable of guaranteeing stability.”

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - Cardinal Prevost to emerge. Already considered a possible compromise candidate by many cardinals going into the conclave, he began picking up votes in the third vote, including among conservative voters, helped in part by Cardinal Timothy Dolan lending his weight to Cardinal Prevost’s candidacy. By the fourth ballot, Cardinal Prevost had secured more than 100 votes, well above the two-thirds majority of 89 required to be elected.