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T<\/span>oday the Cardinal Electors, guided by the Holy Spirit, elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost<\/a> to the Chair of Saint Peter. He has chosen the name of Leo XIV<\/a>, perhaps in homage to Pope Leo the Great<\/a>, or perhaps to Pope Leo XIII<\/a>, author of Rerum Novarum<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francine and I watched from her hospital room. Although quite ill, she was very much engaged with the moment. This is her seventh Pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ad multos annos!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Today the Cardinal Electors, guided by the Holy Spirit, elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost to the Chair of Saint Peter. He has chosen the name of Leo XIV, perhaps in homage to Pope Leo the Great, or perhaps to Pope Leo XIII, author of Rerum Novarum. Francine and I watched from her hospital room. Although quite ill, she was very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moments-in-time","category-pope-leo-xiv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-svE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109753,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/our-lady-queen-of-heaven-pray-for-peace\/","url_meta":{"origin":109594,"position":0},"title":"Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Pray for Peace!","author":"Thom","date":"22 August 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"the Octave day of the Assumption, is the Memorial of Our Lady Queen of Heaven. 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