Cardinal Robert F. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV – an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who championed the rights of workers and criticized the conditions in which they lived.
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For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon have our first pope from Asia or Africa?
The conclave – one of the most secretive processes in Christendom – is rooted in centuries of tradition.
Holding a conclave to elect a pope is a tradition that goes back centuries.
