Leon XIV will celebrate the Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday at 11 o'clock – the other Pope's plans were announced in the Vatican for the next days.
On Thursday, the cardinals gathered as a conclave chose the pope. After 6pm, white smoke came out of the chimney in the Sistine Chapel. There were bells in Saint Peter's Square, and cheers of thousands of people could also be heard. The American, Cardinal Robert Prevost, became the new head of the church.
On Thursday, the director of the press office of the Holy See presented the first plans of the new pope to journalists. The day after the selection he will celebrate at 11 Together with the Cardinal Mass in the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave took place. On Sunday, Leon XIV will refuse at noon the prayer of Regina Coeli from the balcony of the Basilica of Saint Peter.
On Monday, May 12 at 10 The new pope will meet at a traditional audience with journalists and all media representatives in the Hall of Paul VI in Vatican.
It is not yet known when the inauguration of his pontificate will take place.
Author/author: OS/FT
Source: PAP
Source of the main photo: Vatican Media/Abaca/PAP