"You Give Good Conclave, Bob!" Welcome Pope Leo XIV!
Pope Francis is dead. Long live Pope Leo XIV! Elected on the fourth ballot during Conclave, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost has chosen to take as his regnal name Pope Leo XIV and has thus become the spiritual leader of the 1.4 billion Roman Catholics worldwide. The process of Conclave has been made much of in the media the last two days and was the subject of at least two recent films: "Angels and Demons" and "Conclave." I therefore will not bore you further with the process. However, I will point out that Conclave began yesterday and was concluded at noon today, making it one of the shortest in history. Perhaps the Cardinals hoped to avoid the diet of bread and water if the Conclave got to be too lengthy, as has happened in the past. Notably, the African and Filipino cardinals who were considered frontrunners for the Papal throne didn't get it. Instead, American born Chicago native Robert Prevost will step into the shoes of the Fisherman. Prevost has theref...