Habemus papam! The first American pope is elected, and we love him.

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Welcome to the America magazine conclave podcast. We are thrilled to join the church in welcoming Pope Leo XIV! Our team was just in St. Peter’s Square for the historic election, and we’re here with first reactions and some important details about the life and ministry of the missionary Augustinian friar turned pope: the now former-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost. Links from the show: Robert Francis Prevost elected first American pope Peru rejoices for their former bishop: Pope Leo XIV Prepare to be surprised by the next pope Sign up for America’s subscriber-exclusive “Conclave Diary” daily newsletter and get all of our extensive coverage at: ⁠⁠⁠AmericaMagazine.org/Subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Eminentissimum, and reverendissim Dominum,
0:05.0	Dominum, Dominum Robertum Francisum,
0:12.0	Saint Romane Ecclesia, Cardinalem Prevost.
0:17.0	Prevost!
0:18.0	What?
0:19.0	Prevos!
0:20.0	Where he's called, American, American. Who, Sivinomen, Impoised, Leone. Prevos, oh my God! What? Prevos! Where is cool?
0:21.6	American, American,
0:22.6	we see the Roman in Pozuit, the whole name, the 14th podcast.
0:27.6	America. Welcome to the American Magazine Conclave podcast, now known as the Pope Leo the 14th podcast.
0:41.2	We are just back from the square.
0:43.6	We're actually on the colonnade watching the Irby and Orby blessing of Pope Leo the 14th.
0:49.0	What a rush this is.
0:50.8	The first American pope, Robert Prevost, who we've followed for some years at American
0:58.2	magazine, this is truly historic.
1:01.1	It feels like a dream.
1:02.7	I mean, even seeing some of the newscasts that first American-born Pope elected takes
1:08.2	the name Leo the 14th, it looked like a movie. I can't believe it.
1:12.6	I never thought I would see an American Pope in my lifetime, certainly.
1:15.6	And for us to have one, I mean, we were up there on the colony, jumping up and down
1:19.6	when we realized who it was.
1:21.6	The crowd went nuts.
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