{"id":67234,"date":"2025-05-08T12:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=67234"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:39:17","slug":"habemus-papam-pope-leo-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/habemus-papam-pope-leo-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Habemus Papam: Pope Leo XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collegeofcardinalsreport.com\/cardinals\/robert-francis-prevost\/\">Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost<\/a>, former Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops is elected as the new Pope!  He is the first American pope and will now be known as Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome. The Pope who blessed Rome, gave his blessing to the entire world that morning of Easter. Allow me to follow up on that blessing. God loves us. God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See live updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25?t=1746725563483\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25?t=1746725563483\"><em>Photo courtesy of CNN<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR &#8212; Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3116,4028],"tags":[4030,2205,4029],"class_list":["post-67234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","category-pope-leo-xiv","tag-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost","tag-conclave","tag-pope-leo-xiv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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