{"id":139501,"date":"2025-05-09T07:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/robert-prevost-becomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-cardinals-elect-first-us-pontiff\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:30:07","slug":"robert-prevost-becomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-cardinals-elect-first-us-pontiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/robert-prevost-becomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-cardinals-elect-first-us-pontiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139501\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Robert Prevost has become the first clergyman from the United States to lead the Roman Catholic church, ending the Vatican\u2019s longstanding opposition to the idea of a US pontiff. The 69-year-old from Chicago has taken the papal name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced from the central balcony of St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Thursday evening. The announcement, which followed white smoke billowing from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, prompted raucous celebration and delight among the 50,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke signalled to the world that a pope had been elected by at least two-thirds of the 133 cardinals inside the chapel where the conclave had been taking place. In a further confirmation that the conclave was over, the bells of St Peter\u2019s Basilica then rang out. Prevost was chosen on the second day of voting, after the fourth ballot. The process was completed quickly, especially given the large number of cardinals taking part in the conclave. The vast majority were picked by Pope Francis, who died aged 88 last month and who cast his net wide around the world to broaden the church.<\/p>\n<p>Prevost had been among the frontrunners before the conclave. Others tipped for the papacy included: Pietro Parolin, the Vatican\u2019s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; P\u00e9ter Erd\u0151, a traditionalist from Hungary; and Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis\u2019s papacy. During one of the twice-daily pre-conclave meetings, the cardinals agreed that a new pope needed to be capable of \u201cbeing a bridge and a guide for a disoriented humanity marked by the crisis of the world order\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Various issues related to the church were discussed during the meetings, including evangelisation, the Vatican\u2019s finances, clerical sexual abuse, global conflicts and service to poor people and migrants. A priority for the new pope will be to strengthen the church\u2019s unity amid differing views and expectations within the institution and growing polarisation in the wider world. Some observers believe there is a real risk of schism after 20 years in which there have been popes on either end of the spectrum: the traditional-conservative Benedict XVI, and the liberal-progressive Francis.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff plays an important role on the international stage, aiming to ensure that religion does not become a faultline. He will take on the role amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan plus the politically divisive issues of migration, the climate crisis, religious freedom and human rights. The legacy of sexual abuse cast a long shadow over Francis\u2019s papacy. He was slow to grasp the scale and systemic nature of the problem, and the new pope\u2019s approach will inevitably also come under intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/may\/08\/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/robert-prevost-becomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-cardinals-elect-first-us-pontiff\/\">Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,18744],"class_list":["post-139501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-pope-robert-prevorst"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}