{"id":2054,"date":"2025-05-09T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:54:14","slug":"white-smoke-rises-over-the-vatican-a-new-pope-has-been-chosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2054","title":{"rendered":"White Smoke Rises Over the Vatican: A New Pope Has Been Chosen"},"content":{"rendered":"

White smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel on May 8, signaling the election of a new Pope after Pope Francis\u2019 passing. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old American, was named Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pontiff. Chosen by 133 cardinals, he brings experience from missionary work in Peru and Vatican reform efforts. Joy filled St. Peter\u2019s Square as \u201cHabemus Papam\u201d announced his election. Pope Leo XIV is expected to continue Francis\u2019 vision of renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel on May 8, signaling the election of a new Pope after Pope Francis\u2019 passing. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2055,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}