Jeanie Hannaman

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.

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - But everyone cares about the next Pope. Even our Protestant brethren, even most of them who cannot name the Archbishop of Canterbury, care deeply about the next Pope. When Rome is solid, on firm orthodox ground, there is a sense of comfort in the religious world, which our secular friends must know is almost the entire world. The global conversation is primarily religious and not secular. When Rome grows wobbly, there is great concern, not just among our number, but all over the world... It is because the Catholic Church matters.