Habemus Papam - we have a pope

Habemus Papam - we have a Pope - this famous Latin exclamation is being spread around the world today - a new head of the Catholic Church is presented to the astonished crowd in Rome. He is the first American in this office, although Pastor Rolan Maurer says that “Leo the Fourteenth” is actually a real citizen of the world.

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, shows himself to the cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square Source: AAP / Michael Nigro / ALESSIA GIULIANI / ipa-agency.net/Alessia GiulianiIPA/Sipa USA

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