Vatican, U.S. cardinal Robert Prevost elected as new Pope

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. teleSUR

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00:00And at this time, we contact our special envoy in the Vatican City, Jorge Gestoso.

00:05Jorge, we go to you for the latest and your impressions

00:07after the Catholic Church has announced its new leader, Pope Leo XIV.

00:13Well, Leon XIV, first pope from the United States,

00:20and most definitely a pope that has a Latin touch

00:25because when he was 30 years old, in 1985,

00:32he was sent to Peru on a missionary mission,

00:36and he was there also in the area of Trujillo.

00:41But in the year 2015, he adopted the Peruvian nationality.

00:47So we're talking a U.S. pope, but with a Latin American touch.

00:52It's the first time that the United States has a pope,

00:57and it's the second pope in a row that becomes pope from the American continent.

01:05It was most definitely a surprise for many.

01:10It was the first vote in the afternoon,

01:13the fourth vote in the process of the conclave.

01:16The first one was on Wednesday, didn't work well, was black smoke.

01:23Black smoke also at midday today.

01:27And early in the afternoon, around 6.06,

01:32the announce came, and it was a fantastic joy for the crowd.

01:37We're talking about tens of thousands of people celebrating here in the Vatican

01:44and running to the St. Peter's Square to see very close the new pope.

01:51So there is celebration, and there is now hope to see in which direction

01:58the Catholic Church is going to go

02:00and in which way it's going to turn because it's interesting that, again,

02:08the American continent has, for the second time, a pope.

02:13It's a relatively young pope, but you said he's almost 70 years old, 69.

02:19He was born in 1955 and most definitely was not in the list

02:27of the most favorable people to become the pope.

02:30So it was a surprise, but a surprise that was taken with a fantastic jubilation

02:36and joy and happiness among the crowds of the people here.

02:41Again, coming from all over the world, and it was chaos.

02:46It was just music.

02:50It was joy.

02:52It was expectation to see him showing up from the balcony

02:57and also to hearing the first words.

03:00So now we get back to you.

03:02Thank you so much, Jorge.

03:04We will continue to follow this breaking news from the Vatican City.

03:08That was Jorge Gestoso, special envoy in the Vatican for Tell Us Your English.