May 8th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

A new Pope has been elected by the Vatican Conclave in Rome.  The traditional white smoke indicating an election had been made started to flow from the chimney of the conclave just after Noon Eastern time.  Thousands of people gathered in Saint Peter's Square for the new Pope to appear on the loggia of the Vatican. The Cardinal elected to the position as leader of the Catholic Church is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American from Chicago, 69 years old, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV.