For days, the world waited as the doors of the Sistine Chapel remained sealed and the cardinals prayed, debated, and searched for clarity. Then, on Thursday evening, the silence broke. A thin plume of white smoke drifted above the Vatican — the timeless signal that a decision had been reached. Bells rang out, and the crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted with relief and anticipation, knowing they were about to witness history take its next breath. The man chosen to guide more than a billion Catholics was 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, reviving...
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