World Welcomes American Pope & Trump Secures Trade Deal | 5.9.25
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Who is the new American Pope?
The world has a new pope, the first American in history, Pope Leo XIV, who blessed elated worshipers celebrating in St. Peter's Square.
Peace be with you all.
What do we know about the Chicago-born pontiff?
I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Friday, May 9th, and this is Morning Wire.
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A new pope was named on Thursday, Cardinal Robert Provost, the Catholic Church's first American-born pope.
Provost was elected by over 100 cardinals at the Vatican and addressed the world's Catholics afterwards. Daily Wire investigative reporter Mairead Elordi is here to tell us more. Hey, Mairead. So tell us about this new pope.
Hi, John. Yes, so Cardinal Robert Provost, who's from Chicago, was elected pope on the second day of the conclave. This was signaled by white smoke billowing out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel as the cardinals burned their ballots. The crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted at that moment. Now, as you know, the Pope adopts a new name and Provost has chosen Pope Leo XIV. He's the church's 267th Pope and he will lead 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. Pope Leo appeared visibly emotional as he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and addressed the massive crowd in the square.
Peace be with you all. Fratelli, sorelle, carissimi, dearest brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the resurrected Christ, the good shepherd who has given up his life for God. And I should also like this greeting of peace to enter our hearts.
Peace be with you.
So tell us a bit more about him. You mentioned that he's from Chicago. He's also pretty young, correct?
Yes, so Provost is only 69. He was born in Chicago, but he spent much of his priesthood in Peru. He became Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru for eight years until 2023 when he was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis. He also led the religious order started by St. Augustine. Francis then made Provost the Prefect of the Dicastery for bishops. This means he was a Vatican official responsible for recommending priests to be made bishops around the world. Provost was not considered the most likely Cardinal to become Pope, but Vatican officials are often considered for Pope.
Now, we know Catholics and conservatives were very interested in seeing if there is a political leaning to the new pope. Where does Pope Leo stand?
So, Pope Leo has been strong on church doctrine, but he's overall seen as a centrist on political issues. We spoke to Sean Carney. He's CEO of the pro-life organization 40 Days for Life, and he had some insight on what Pope Leo could mean for the church.
The Catholic Church has just been drug into so much stuff, whether it be telling the U.N. what to do, telling countries whether they need an open border or closed border. Certainly that's an issue here in America. and just so many issues and just seem to get away from the message of salvation and what the church teaches. And so I hope he's not as political as Francis, I guess. I think that's probably what a lot of people in their living rooms are saying because we've just had so much of that. And I think we need to give him a chance. I think he can read the room. He came out in the traditional garb. He didn't make a swipe at that. So I'm optimistic, but I think for most Catholics, honestly, they're just worried. Basically, it's not Leo XIV's fault.
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