Ua hana ʻia ka mōʻaukala i kēia lā ma Roma ʻoiai ua koho ʻia ʻo Robert Francis Prevost, he 69 makahiki mai Kikako mai, i pope, e hōʻailona ana i ka manawa mua i paʻa ai kēia kūlana i kahi ʻAmelika.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Prevost, ka mea i lawe i ka inoa Leo XIV, ma ka lanai o St. Peter's Basilica e kamaʻilio i ka lehulehu nui i ʻākoakoa ʻia ma ka Vatican. Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo ia i kāna aloha ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana, 'Aloha ʻoukou a pau,' a hāʻawi ʻo ia i 'ke aloha mua o Kristo i ala hou ʻia,' e paipai ana i kāna ʻōlelo o ka maluhia e 'komo i loko o ko mākou mau naʻau a me ko mākou mau ʻohana.'
Naʻe fakatapui ʻe Prevost ko ha misinale ki muʻa ʻi Latin America ko e taʻu ʻe hongofulu ke ngāue ʻi Trujillo, Peru, ki muʻa ke hoko ko e pīsope ʻo Chiclayo. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i ka cardinal i ka makahiki 2023 e ka Pope Francis i hala a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i poʻo o ka Congregation Congregation for Bishops, ʻo ka hui Vatican ke kuleana no ke koho ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā Bishops ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, kahi kūlana i kau iā ia ma nā papa inoa papal he nui.
Ua lawe ʻo Prevost iā Francis, i hala i ka lā 21 ʻApelila i ka makahiki 88, he lā wale nō ma hope o ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka Easter Easter ma St. Peter's Square. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Jorge Mario Bergoglio ma ʻAmelika, ua kaulana ʻo Francis no ka Jesuit mua a me ka pope mua mai Latin America.
Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ka conclave hou he 133 mau koho balota, me ka liʻiliʻi he 89 mau balota e pono ai no ke koho balota. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Leo XIV ma ka lua o ka lā o ka conclave, ma muli o ke ʻano o kēia manawa: Ua koho ʻia ʻo Francis ma hope o ʻelima mau pōʻai koho, ʻoiai ua koho ʻia ʻo Benedict XVI ma hope o ʻehā.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka lono mai ka loggia o St. Peter me ka "Habemus papam!" mamua o ka puka ana mai o Leo XIV e haiolelo i ka lehulehu.
