Trump reacts to new pope selection
Donald Trump Congratulates Robert Francis Prevost on His Election as the New Pope.
According to the English section of the Webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Al-Mayadeen, Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, an american-born cardinal, on his election as the new pope of Vatican.Trump stated: “This selection is a great honor for our country, as for the first time, an American has become Pope. I hope to meet with ‘Leo XIV’—this is a special moment for me.”
Earlier,white smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signaled that Catholic cardinals had successfully elected a new pope.
Robert Prevost is now the 267th Pope of Vatican and will lead the global community of 1.4 billion Catholics. he is also the first American pope in Catholic Church history. Upon his election, he chose “Leo XIV” as his papal name.
