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Pope Leo: How voting for brand new pontiff unfolded behind closed doorways of the conclave

By Editorial Board Published May 9, 2025 3 Min Read
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Pope Leo: How voting for brand new pontiff unfolded behind closed doorways of the conclave

Conclaves are famously unpredictable affairs – and as soon as once more the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the brand new pope caught many without warning.

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV gained the consensus of the 133 cardinal electors after solely 4 ballots – a quick course of for a various school of cardinals.

Although his title had circulated amongst some Vatican watchers, different cardinals had emerged as clear front-runners, together with Pietro Parolin – the Vatican’s quantity two who would have been the primary Italian in nearly 50 years to turn out to be pontiff – or Luis Tagle, a Filipino cardinal seeking to turn out to be the primary Asian pope.

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What are the conclave’s secrecy measures?

As an alternative, it was the primary North American to win the extremely secretive course of.

So, what went on behind the closed doorways of the Sistine Chapel?

Till Thursday lunchtime, Cardinal Parolin was forward, gathering between 45 and 55 votes, sources say.

A considerable quantity, however properly wanting the 89 votes he wanted for a two-thirds majority.

At this level, Cardinal Prevost had between 34 and 44 votes.

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Pope Leo XIV appears on balcony in Vatican City

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Who’s Pope Leo?

An inside battle between Luis Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David – each cardinals hailing from Asia – cancelled out each of their possibilities.

And a contender from Africa – essentially the most conservative sector of the church – was by no means doubtless for a conclave the place the overwhelming majority of cardinals had been appointed by Francis, a progressive pontiff, sources say.

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New pope

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Second new pope emerges on balcony

An American pope has lengthy been seen as extremely unbelievable, given the geopolitical energy of the US.

However Cardinal Prevost was ready to attract from throughout the teams making up the electors: average US cardinals, South American cardinals and lots of European cardinals all coalesced round him.

It added: “As a man used to teamwork, Prevost appeared to many as the right man to make the papacy evolve into a more collegial form.”

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