Pope Francis has died, Vatican says, 21 Apr 2025

[sds71]

On the steps of the Basilica, the Pontifical Band and the Swiss Guards are already in place; the Carabinieri Band is expected to arrive shortly.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1920517859257524424

 

[HmmMysterious]

This election was fast. I think one of the frontrunners got elected.

 

[Herat]

The BBC News live coverage from St Peters Square is very good with very intelligent commentary.

 

[PrairieWind]

The BBC News live coverage from St Peters Square is very good with very intelligent commentary.

BBC interesting conversation on if this could be an American Pope.

 

[sds71]

We are everywhere

https://twitter.com/x/status/1920524563886067874

 

[HmmMysterious]

ROBERT FRANCIS PREVOST

 

[HmmMysterious]

LEO XIV

 

[sds71]

Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected as Pope Leo 14th

He is the first American pope.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1920527659169128491

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, from the United States.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

The crowd reaction when he was announced seemed pretty muted to me.

 

[whitelilac]

Whoa, an American Pope.
I was thinking, Tagle, Pizzaballa or Zuppi.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Cardinal Robert Prevost

Date of Birth: Sept. 14, 1955 Nationality: American and Peruvian Position: Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops; president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America under Francis

apnews.com

 

[MarziPanda]

The crowd reaction when he was announced seemed pretty muted to me.

I do wonder if that's partly because a lot of the crowd aren't going to know Latin (and thus didn't understand who had actually been chosen) or perhaps didn't consider Prevost a front runner so they're not sure who he is

Proof that my dream from a few days ago was nothing more than a dream, at least!

 

[Herat]

He is 69 years old, born in Chicago, but left to study in Rome when he was 28 and spent many years living in Peru.

He speaks Italian, Spanish, and English.

 

[Herat]

Whoa, an American Pope.
I was thinking, Tagle, Pizzaballa or Zuppi.

Yes, I was not expecting Prevost. I was thinking it was between Zuppi and Tagle.

I think the crowd wasn't sure who he was at first.

 

[Sundog]

Dual citizen, U.S. and Peru.

 

[Vaderman]

I was listening/watching during lunch when they were announcing in Latin and caught the hot mic of one of the news anchors gasp, "That's the American!".

I never thought there'd be an American pope.

 

[Sarahlou]

The crowd reaction when he was announced seemed pretty muted to me.

Yeah they didn't sound too pleased with that decision to me.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I do wonder if that's partly because a lot of the crowd aren't going to know Latin (and thus didn't understand who had actually been chosen) or perhaps didn't consider Prevost a front runner so they're not sure who he is

Maybe that's it., but from what was said in the BBC commentary it sounds as though he has had a very prominent post under Francis so his name should have been fairly familiar to the crowd.

 

[JDG]

New pope is revealed: The 267th pontiff is named

The pontiff is the 267th Pope, becoming the religious leader of Catholics across the globe and someone believed to be called to be the successor to St Peter, who was the first.

www.dailymail.co.uk