Habemus Papam

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Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals in the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as Pope, Friday, May 9, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV’s Augustinian brothers reflect on new papacy

May 10, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected as 267th pope, takes name Leo XIV

May 8, 2025

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:09 p.m. Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the... Read more

White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, signaling that the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope.

The history behind ‘habemus papam’ and the white smoke that announces a new pope

May 6, 2025

By Julieta Villar, Zoe Romanowsky

When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that historic moment: the white smoke from the... Read more