CONCLAVE WATCH 2025
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‘POPE LEO XIV’
Robert Francis Prevost
American, 69 years old
Daily Coverage of Conclave: DAY TWO (May 8, 2025)
- FIRST SMOKE STATUS: BLACK SMOKE rose at 09:50 UTC (11:50 am Rome time)
- Black Smoke: No election after morning of first full day of conclave (Vatican News)
- SECOND SMOKE STATUS: WHITE SMOKE!
- WHITE SMOKE! BELLS RINGING, CROWDS CHEERING, WAITING FOR ANNOUNCEMENT (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Habemus Papam! (Vatican News)
- ‘Pope Leo XIV’ – Cardinal Prevost is New Head of Vatican II Church (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Leo XIV is the new Pope (Vatican News)
- Video: ‘Habemus Papam’ Announcement (Rome Reports)
- Video: First Remarks and Blessing of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV (Rome Reports)
Daily Coverage of Conclave: DAY ONE (May 7, 2025)
- SMOKE STATUS: BLACK SMOKE rose at 19:00 UTC (9:00 pm Rome time)
- The Search for Bergoglio’s Successor – Day 1: The Conclave Begins (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Video: LIVE from the Vatican | Conclave 2025: Cardinals’ Procession, Entry and Oath in the Sistine Chapel
- Video: The FIRST Vote of the Conclave – LIVE Watch Party (Joe McClane)
- Video: LIVE from the Vatican | Waiting for the smoke / First Fumata of the Conclave (EWTN)
- Video: Conclave 2025: Cardinals take oath of secrecy and fidelity | Full video (EWTN)
- Record number of faithful fill St.