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HABEMUS PAPAM

 

 

The Conclave has elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the
267th Bishop of Rome

 

Pope Leo XIV


"Peace be with all of you!"
the first words of Pope Leo XIV
 

The new pope was announced to the waiting crowds by Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti:


Annuntio vobis gaudium:

HABEMUS PAPAM

Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum Robertum Franciscum
Sanctae Romane Ecclesiae Cardinalem Prevost
qui sibi nomen imposuit Leo XIV

 

I announce to you a great joy:

WE HAVE A POPE

The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Robert Francis
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Prevost
who has taken the name Leo XIV
 

Earlier today, from the central loggia of Saint Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti pronounced the formula "Habemus Papam," proclaiming to the city of Rome and to the whole world the news of the election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as Pope Leo XIV.

 

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