As French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to the world May 8 that Cardinal Robert F. Prevost had been elected as the successor to Pope Francis, Archbishop William E. Lori and several of his closest advisors appeared visibly stunned.

El cardenal Robert F. Prevost, nacido en Chicago y prefecto del Dicasterio para los Obispos bajo el Papa Francisco, fue elegido el 267º Papa el 8 de mayo y tomó el nombre de Papa León XIV.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.

The 133 cardinals decided May 8 after less than a day of voting on a new pope to lead the Catholic Church.

As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal electors at the conclave, Archbishop José H. Gomez urged the faithful to also “ask for a new and deeper awareness of the important part that each one of us plays in the church.”