CBS Evening News, 05/08/25

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955. He is also a citizen of Peru, where he worked for many years. CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell has covered two papal conclaves, including the election of Pope Francis. She reflects on the historic moment when white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV emerged from St. Peter’s Basilica. Cheers erupted in St. Peter’s Square as white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. CBS Mornings’ Tony Dokoupil was in the crowd and captured the moment. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the Vatican, a wholly unexpected announcement.
0:06.5	We have a Pope, an American Pope.
0:12.1	The Pache is with all of you.
0:15.2	Pope Leo the 14th from Chicago.
0:28.6	From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News News. Good evening, I'm John Dickerson.
0:32.6	It is a day most American Catholics never imagine they'd see. The day a fellow American was elected Pope.
0:41.3	But this is that day. I'm Maurice Dubois in Rome, where the College of Cardinals
0:47.3	shows 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, to be spiritual leader
0:53.3	of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and the Bishop of Rome.
0:58.4	He took the name Leo the 14th. We were here above St. Peter Square when the stunning announcement was made.
1:08.7	It took just two days to make a momentous decision.
1:12.6	For the hundred thousand people in St. Peter Square,
1:17.6	brought together by a spiritual connection, elation.
1:30.3	I announced to you a great joy. We have a Pope.
1:33.3	That announcement in Latin was made by a French cardinal.
1:40.3	Saint-Roman and Ecclese, Cardinal M Prevost.
1:45.9	The name, Prevost, an American.
1:50.5	Soon, the curtain parted again,
1:56.0	and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped forward
1:59.6	as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
2:03.6	The name he took, Leo the 14th.
2:08.6	An American, who is also a citizen of Peru and is now the Bishop of Rome, spoke in Italian.
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