British bishops ‘overjoyed’ by election of Pope Leo XIV
Friday, 9 May 2025 () Bishops across Britain have today welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV. Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, the Apostolic Administrator of Liverpool and vice-president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, said the election of the Chicago-born pontiff filled him with “a profound sense of joy”. He said: “We as the Catholic community of the Archdiocese
Pope Leo XIV holds a mass with the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel, a day after his election. He presides as Supreme Pontiff over his first Eucharistic celebration and delivers the homily. "I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me as we continue as a Church, as a...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost first American-born pope is chosen and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. After the second day of the conclave white smoke emerged from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel..
Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer is lit up with the image of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, celebrating his historic election with the words "habemus papam," echoing the announcement made on the..
Robert Francis Prevost has become Pope Leo XIV after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. He is the first pope from the United States in the..