Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. As a missionary, 69-year-old Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops. White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday at 6:07 p.m. local time, signaling that a pontiff had been elected to lead the Catholic Church.
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VATICANCITY(AP)—CardinalRobertPrevosthastakenthenameLeoXIV.HeisthefirstAmericanpopeinthe2,000-yearhistoryoftheCatholicChurch.
Asamissionary,Prevost,69,spenthiscareerministeringinPeruandledtheVatican’spowerfulofficeofbishops.
WhitesmokepouredoutoftheSistineChapelchimneyThursdayat6:07p.m.localtime,signalingthatapontiffhadbeenelectedtoleadtheCatholicChurch.
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CathedralbellsringoutinLima,Peru
Prevost’selectionaspopeisswellingtheprideofPeruvians.
“ForusPeruvians,itisasourceofpridethatthisisapopewhorepresentsourcountry,”saidelementaryschoolteacherIsabelPanez,whohappenedtobenearthecathedralinPeru’scapitalwhenthenewswas
