Robert Prevost is in the Sistina hats on Friday (9.5.2025) as a Pope as a Pope.
Pope Leo the 14th became the first American leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday afternoon, with people watching for evidence of how he perceives his pastoral mission.
On Sunday, he will recite Regina Coeli’s prayer to St. Peter’s Basilica.
Then, on Monday, he will meet with media members in the Vatican for the first time as a Pope.
Born in Chicago Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday by his Cardinalian colleagues to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world after a secret cognlace in the Vatican Sistine hats.
At 11:00 am (12 hours of Greece) on Friday, the 69 -year -old will return to the chapel to perform a private function with the Cardinalians who will be broadcast by the Vatican, speaking his long -awaited first speech as a Pope.
Tens of thousands of supporters applauded Leo when he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica last night, but many did not know who he was.