papacy – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com A conservative newspaper about Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Fri, 09 May 2025 12:11:18 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-lancaster-logo-quill-only-website-thumbnail-red-32x32.png papacy – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com 32 32 Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected as Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/cardinal-robert-prevost-elected-as-pope-leo-xiv-first-american-pontiff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cardinal-robert-prevost-elected-as-pope-leo-xiv-first-american-pontiff https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/cardinal-robert-prevost-elected-as-pope-leo-xiv-first-american-pontiff/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 12:00:08 +0000 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/?p=7312 Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first American-born pope to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Chosen on Thursday, after two days of conclave by 133 cardinals, Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, declaring, “Peace be with you all,” to a crowd of approximately 150,000…

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