DENVER (KDVR) — A new pope has been selected , and with the selection comes a major historic moment that excited local members of the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, on Wednesday, took on the name Pope Leo XIV, marking the first Pope from the U.S. The Cathedral Basilica of Immaculate Conception in Denver held a mass shortly after the announcement.
Robert Prevost elected the first American pope in history, will take the name Leo XIV
The new pope was celebrated and prayed for throughout the service. Anthonia Kalu is visiting Denver but used to live in the metro and wanted to stop in for service once she heard of Pope Leo XIV.
“I feel excited, relieved and it’s just pure pleasure,” Kalu said. “I was so surprised, for us to have a Pope coming out of this part of the world is awesome. ”…