Vatican gives unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at moments after Pope Leo XIV accepted papacy

The Vatican delivered an unprecedented look at the moments after Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected by the College of Cardinals under the imposing ceilings of the Sistine Chapel.After a prayer at the altar, Pope Leo XIV proceeds down the aisle to thunderous applause from his colleagues and entering a room for private prayer kneeling on a prie-dieu.The new pope then embraced each of the 133 cardinal-electors who made him bishop of Rome.Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the first-ever American pope.After rising through the ranks of the Augustinian Order, Prevost was appointed an administrator at the Diocese of Chiclayo, and a year later made a bishop by Pope Francis.Close allies, Prevost oversaw many of Francis’ most radical reforms to the Catholic Church....

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Publisher: New York Post

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