Here is the official record confirming that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost accepted the election canonically making him Supreme Pontiff and the name he has chosen.
The document was drawn up by the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, acting as notary. Written in Latin, the name Leo XIV appears in red.
Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!
The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.
White smoke billows from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel to announce that the 133 Cardinal electors have elected the new Pope, who will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica.
“With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.
Further information will be provided as soon as possible.”
Today, the Light came into the world. Today, the Light shatters the darkness and the shadows of the night and illuminates us. This is Christmas: an Event that changed the course of history. God became man to make us children of God.
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