Cumbria welcomes election of new pope
Roman Catholics and Christians from across Cumbria have welcomed the election of a new pope in Rome.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American head of the Catholic Church, emerged on to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica in front of a packed St Peter's Square on Thursday evening after a two-day conclave.
Crowds had been joyously waving flags and chanting 'Habemus Papam', since white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel shortly after 5pm UK time on Thursday.
The new pontiff is the 267th pope, becoming the religious leader of some 1.4 billion Catholics across the globe and is the successor to St Peter, who was the first.
In his first words as Pope, the new pontiff told the adoring crowd: 'Peace be with you.'
The news has been welcomed across the world and in Cumbria
The Diocese of Lancaster, which covers the whole of Cumbria said in a statement: 'Together with the Universal Church, and with all people of good will, the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the UK welcomes and commends to the grace of Almighty God Cardinal Robert Prevost OSA as Pope Leo XIV, the successor of St Peter.
'Pope Leo comes to this universal ministry after many years of professed and ordained life as deacon priest and as a bishop, as a religious, and as a teacher.
'As with his predecessors we hold the Holy Father in our prayers and take courage already from the words of his inaugural address with its call for peace across humanity.
'The times we live in cry out for a fundamentally different approach to serve the world order, one led by Christ.
'Mary the Mother of God. Pray for him. St Peter. Pray for him. St John Paul II. Pray for him, Pope Saint Leo the Great, pray for him.'
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The Parish of our Lady of Perpetual Health in Carlisle, said in Latin: 'We have a pope! Let us pray for our pontiff Leo, may the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed on earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemies.'
The Anglican Church of St Cuthbert in Carlisle also welcomed the news.
In a social nedia post the church said: 'We rejoice tonight with friends from the Roman Catholic Church of St Barthelemy D'Anjou in the Loire Valley, France and our friends in the parish of The Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Carlisle. God bless Pope Leo.'
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