A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear.

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Blessed art thou among women and blessed is ... masses as they anxiously awaited the identity of the Church's new spiritual leader. The white smoke indicated that the successful candidate had ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.