"Pope Leo XIV", the first new Pope

Reporters reported that at 5:00 p.m. on May 8, 2015, at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel announcing the election of Pope Leo XIV after the secret meeting of the College of Cardinals ended with the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, age 69, from the United States, as Pope Leo XIV, succeeding Pope Francis, who died on April 21, 2015. สล็อต