We have a Pope!
The Sacred College of Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Prevost to be the 267th Pope and successor of St Peter. The new Pope will take the name Pope Leo XIV.
Ordained Priest in 1982, he was consecrated Bishop in 2014. Pope Francis created him a Cardinal in 2023. He was Prior General of the Augustinians (OSA) from 2001–2013 and later Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014–2015) before appointment in the first instance as Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru) (2014–2015) later becoming the Bishop until 2023.
Upon being given the ‘red hat’ in 2023, he was given the title Cardinal Deacon of Santa Monica (2023–2025) and was simultanously appointed as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Earlier this year, Pope Francis made him Titular Bishop of Albano, a Suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome.
| Orémus pro Pontífice nostro Leone XIV | Let us pray for our Pontiff Leo XIV |
| Dóminus consérvet eum, et vivíficet eum, et beátum fáciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in ánimam inimicórum éius. |
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. |
| (Our Father, Hail Mary) | (Pater, Ave) |