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American cardinals hail new pope as ‘citizen of the world’
American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him as a “citizen of the world,” saying his nationality was secondary, but he had the qualities they were looking for.
The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.
Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, is the new pope and has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first elected ...
In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...
Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...
When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...
Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...
Pope Leo XIV signaled on Saturday he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's Catholic ...
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