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Al Etihad
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Etihad
UAE President, VPs congratulate new Pope
8 May 2025 23:24 ABU DHABI (WAM) President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, extending sincere best wishes on his election as the new Pope and leader of the Catholic UAE President wished His Holiness Pope Leo XIV success in continuing to promote mutual understanding, peace, and harmony throughout the world. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, sent two similar cables of congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.
Economic Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
US Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American Leo, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica around 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic choice of Prevost was announced by French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti with the Latin words "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope) to tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear the 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023. He has given few media interviews and rarely speaks in becomes the 267th Catholic pope after the death last month of Pope Francis, who was the first Latin American pope and had led the Church for 12 years and widely sought to open the staid institution up to the modern enacted a range of reforms and allowed debate on divisive issues such as women's ordination and better inclusion of LGBT of the conclave, some cardinals called for continuity with Francis' vision of greater openness and reform, while others said they wanted to turn back the clock and embrace old traditions.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
US Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff
Cardinal Robert Prevost of the USA was elected as the new pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced to the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American Leo, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica around 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic choice of Prevost was announced by French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti with the Latin words "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope) to tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear the 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023. He has given few media interviews and rarely speaks in becomes the 267th Catholic pope after the death last month of Pope Francis, who was the first Latin American pope and had led the Church for 12 years and widely sought to open the staid institution up to the modern enacted a range of reforms and allowed debate on divisive issues such as women's ordination and better inclusion of LGBT of the conclave, some cardinals called for continuity with Francis' vision of greater openness and reform, while others said they wanted to turn back the clock and embrace old traditions.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
No Pope Yet: Black Smoke signals inconclusive first vote in Vatican conclave
AP 2025.05.07 PM. Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel 's chimney on the first day of the papal conclave, signalling that no new pope had been chosen. The smoke indicated an unsuccessful first ballot by the cardinals gathered in Vatican City to elect the next leader of the Catholic smoke rose at 9 pm, local time on Wednesday, nearly four hours after 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel, swore oaths of secrecy, and began the centuries-old process of selecting a new pope to succeed Pope Francis as leader of the Catholic Church's 1.4 billion no candidate received the required two-thirds majority—89 votes—the cardinals will retire for the night to their Vatican accommodations, where they remain sequestered. The conclave will resume on Thursday morning as they return to the Sistine Chapel to continue the voting 133 cardinals, representing 70 countries, have been cut off from the outside world. Their mobile phones were handed in, and signal jammers have been activated around the Vatican to block all communication until a new pope is Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, had worked to make the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church more universal. He broke with previous customs regarding who in the world could become a cardinal and also the character of the college of cardinals.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote
Live Events VATICAN CITY: Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the cardinals will retire for the night to the Vatican residences where they are being return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows CITY (AP) - The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of "extra omnes" - Latin for "all out" - as 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual of electing a new pope to lead the Catholic Church, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith's 2,000-year red-robed cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in pairs, chanting the meditative "Litany of the Saints" as Swiss Guards stood at attention. The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state under Francis and himself a leading contender to succeed him as pope, assumed the leadership of the proceedings as the senior cardinal under age in Latin, Parolin stood before Michelangelo 's vision of heaven and hell, "The Last Judgment," and led the cardinals in a lengthy oath. Each one followed, placing his hand on the Gospel and promising in Latin to maintain utmost dramatic ritual was more colorful than even Hollywood could create, a wash of colors, chants, incense and solemnity that underscored the seriousness of the moment. Outside in St. Peter's Square, the scene was almost festive, as hundreds of people watched the proceedings on giant video screens, applauding when the Sistine Chapel's doors shut and the Vatican feed cut after nearly three hours of waiting and as dinnertime neared, many in the crowd left, frustrated at how long the process was taking and wondering if a vote had even taken place."My hope is that cardinals will choose a man who can be a peacemaker and could reunify the church," said Gabriel Capry, a 27-year-old from London.A diverse group of cardinals Hailing from 70 countries, the cardinals have been sequestered from the outside world, their cellphones surrendered and airwaves around the Vatican jammed to prevent all communications until they find a new named 108 of the 133 "princes of the church," choosing many pastors in his image from far-flung countries like Mongolia, Sweden and Tonga that had never had a cardinal decision to surpass the usual limit of 120 cardinal electors and include younger ones from the "global south" - often marginalized countries with lower economic clout - has injected an unusual degree of uncertainty in a process that is always full of mystery and cardinals hadn't met until last week and lamented they needed more time to get to know one another, raising questions about how long it might take for one man to secure the two-thirds majority, or 89 ballots, necessary to become the 267th pope."Wait and see, a little patience, wait and see," said Cardinal Mario Zenari , the Vatican's ambassador to Syria.A final Mass, then 'all out' Earlier in the day, the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, presided over a morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica urging the voters to set aside all personal interests and find a pope who prizes unity. He prayed for a pope who could awaken the conscience of the reminded the cardinals that the awesomeness of the Sistine Chapel's frescoes, and Michelangelo's in particular, is meant to remind the cardinals of the weighty responsibility they bear. In his regulations for the conclave, St. John Paul II wrote that in the Sistine Chapel, "everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God."After the cardinals took their oaths, the master of papal liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, called out "extra omnes," and anyone not eligible to vote left before the chapel doors closed. An elderly cardinal remained to deliver a meditation, but after it was finished he, too, had to cardinals didn't have to take a first vote Wednesday, but they were expected to. Assuming no winner is found, the Vatican said black smoke could be expected out of the Sistine Chapel chimney after 7 p.m. As 9 p.m. came and went, there was no word on what was taking so cardinals eventually retire for the night and return Thursday morning. They can hold up to two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon until a winner is cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting. For much of the past century, it has taken between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I - the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 - was elected on the fourth ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in before the conclave While the cardinals are supposed to resist any "secular" influences in their choice, such lobbying abounded in Rome in the days before the conclave as various groups reminded cardinals of what ordinary Catholics want in a Catholics penned an open letter reminding cardinals that there is no church without young people, women and the laity. Conservative Catholic media slipped cardinals copies of a glossy book containing their assessments of contenders. Survivors of clergy sexual abuse warned cardinals that they would be held accountable if they failed to find a leader who will crack down on decades of abuse and for women's ordination sent pink smoke signals Wednesday over the Vatican to demand that women be allowed to be priests and participate in a the White House got involved, posting a photo of President Donald Trump dressed as a pope. Trump said it was a joke, but the gesture was denounced by former Italian Premier Romano Prodi as "indecent" political interference in matters of faith that hark back to times when secular rulers intervened in conclaves and habitually wielded religion to stay in Timothy Dolan , the archbishop of New York, said there was also plenty of lobbying going on among cardinals themselves."You invite each other out," Dolan said on SiriusXM's The Catholic Channel before the conclave began. "And you're pretty blunt. Now, we're not, you know, we're not horse trading here. We're saying, 'Tell me about this guy. You're from Latin America. Go through the list of bishops. Tell me some of these fellas. Am I right to be enchanted by this guy?'"Lisette Herrera, a 54-year-old tourist from the Dominican Republic, was deeply moved to find herself by chance in Rome as the conclave began. She decided Wednesday morning to skip the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain and pray instead in St. Peter's Square."I'm praying to the Holy Spirit for a young pope who would stay with us for a long time," she said. "I don't believe in conclave politics, I just feel that the Holy Spirit is here and that's all we need to know."Challenges facing a new pope Many challenges face the new pope and weigh on the cardinals - above all whether to continue and consolidate Francis' progressive legacy on promoting women, LGBTQ+ acceptance, the environment and migrants, or roll it back to try to unify a church that became more polarized during his pontificate. The clergy sex abuse scandal hung over the pre-conclave Francis chose 80% of the voters, continuity is likely, but the form it might take is uncertain and identifying front-runners has been a some names keep appearing on lists of "papabile," or cardinals having the qualities to be pope, in addition to Parolin.- Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle , 67, is a top candidate to be history's first Asian pope. He headed the Vatican's evangelization office responsible for the Catholic Church in much of the developing world.- Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo , 72, the archbishop of Budapest, is a leading candidate representing the more conservative wing of the church.
