Christopher Lamb

1 month ago | 7news.com.au | Christopher Lamb |Lauren Kent |Maureen Chowdhury |christian edwards |Elise Hammond |Antoinette Radford

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Prevost, 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV. A leader with global experience, he spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments.

1 month ago | wral.com | Sophie Tanno |Christopher Lamb |Antonia Mortensen

(CNN) — US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman Catholic community just days before the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor is due to begin. Trump, who days prior joked that he would “like to be pope”, posted the digitally doctored image of himself wearing a white cassock and papal headdress, with his forefinger raised, to his Truth Social platform late Friday.