Europe EditionHabemos papam: Mexico hails the election of Leo XIV, the first US pope
- Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on the second day of the conclave at the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.
- Prevost's election followed Pope Francis’s death after a 12-year papacy and was supported by 133 cardinal votes including two from Mexico.
- Prevost, born in Chicago and fluent in Spanish, served over two decades as bishop in Peru and is the first US-born pope and second from the Americas.
- Mexican leaders and citizens greeted the election with happiness, with Interior Minister Rodríguez calling it a respectful appointment and Mayor Brugada expressing hope.
- The election stirred nationwide celebrations including church bell ringing and prayers, symbolizing hope for the Church and attention to issues like migration in Latin America.
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The renowned Mexican journalist Joaquín López-Dóriga flew to Vatican City to make what was the fifth coverage of a conclave in his extensive media career.Although his trip was intended to inform of the election of the new pope for Televisa (as a special guest), Radio Formula and his website lopezdoriga.com; he did not want to end up taking the reflectors in the most unthinkable way.López-Dóriga made several interventions in the air during his st…
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The confirmation came a day after the election of the new leader of the Catholic Church. “I said that we were going to invite him to come to Mexico, there will be an opportunity to invite him,” said the head of state during her press conference on Friday, May 9. Sheinbaum highlighted the “orientation for the poor” of the new hierarchy of the Catholic Church and head of state of the Vatican. “That a leader of the Catholic Church has this perspect…
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President Sheinbaum said to invite Pope Le n XIV to Mexico and that she believes to continue with Francis' legacy.
The Conference of the Mexican Episcopate and the Primate Archdiocese of Mexico congratulated the new Pope Leo XIV and recognized his decision to accept responsibility at the head of the Catholic Church.
Habemos papam: Mexico hails the election of Leo XIV, the first US pope
President Claudia Sheinbaum has extended her congratulations to Pope Leo XIV, who on Thursday became the global leader of the Roman Catholic Church. “We congratulate his holiness Leo XIV, elected by the College of Cardinals as the head of state of Vatican City and spiritual leader of the Catholic Church. I confirm our humanist alignment in favor of peace and prosperity in the world,” she wrote on social media. Felicitamos a su santidad León XI…
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