{"id":2432467,"date":"2025-05-08T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-welcomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-catholic-churchs-first-american-pontiff\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:47:40","slug":"trump-welcomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-catholic-churchs-first-american-pontiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-welcomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-catholic-churchs-first-american-pontiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump welcomes Pope Leo XIV as Catholic Church&#8217;s first American pontiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-welcomes-pope-leo-xiv-as-catholic-churchs-first-american-pontiff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>president Donald Trump expressed his excitement and honor regarding the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the first U.S.-born pope in history, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Trump congratulated Prevost through social media, emphasizing the importance of this moment for the United States and expressing his eagerness to meet the new pope. Prevost, a Chicago native with a long career in peru as a missionary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-admit-to-falsehood-in-oprah-interview\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Admit To Falsehood In Oprah Interview\">church official<\/a>, was appointed following a conclave after the death of Pope Francis. Trump highlighted the importance of faith during his governance, aiming to counter perceived anti-Christian sentiments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump welcomes Catholic Church&rsquo;s first American pope: &lsquo;Such an honor&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2116846\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Donald Trump<\/a> embraced Robert Prevost&rsquo;s election as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Catholic Church<\/a>&lsquo;s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born pontiff in history.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope,&rdquo; Trump said Thursday on social media. &ldquo;It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3405291\/joe-biden-the-view-interview-mental-decline-jill-biden\/\">Bidens hit back against <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >books alleging cover-<\/a>up of former president&#8217;s mental decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3405109\/trump-approval-rating-bleeding-support-key-demographics-gained-during-election\/\">Trump bleeding support from key demographics he gained most in during the election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3405229\/trump-trade-deal-uk-keeping-10-percent-tariffs\/\">Trump announces preliminary trade deal with UK keeping 10% tariffs in place<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3405185\/pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-prevost-first-ever-american-pontiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced that\">announced that<\/a> Prevost, 69, a Chicago native and Villanova University graduate, took the name Leo XIV shortly before he addressed the crowd in St. Peter&rsquo;s Square, Vatican City, after a two-day conclave following the death of Pope Francis last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3405185\/pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-prevost-first-ever-american-pontiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"POPE LEO XIV: CARDINAL ROBERT PREVOST BECOMES FIRST-EVER AMERICAN PONTIFF\"><strong>POPE LEO XIV: CARDINAL ROBERT PREVOST BECOMES FIRST-EVER AMERICAN PONTIFF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prevost was a missionary who spent most of his career in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Peru<\/a> as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher, and administrator before he was made a cardinal in 2023. Later that year, Francis appointed him prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-prevost-becomes-first-ever-american-pope\/\" title=\"...: ... becomes first...ever American ...\">white smoke billowed<\/a> out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, Trump was asked for his response to the new pope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3405185\/pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-prevost-first-ever-american-pontiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>POPE LEO XIV: CARDINAL ROBERT PREVOST BECOMES FIRST-EVER AMERICAN POPE <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw the smoke, but I haven&rsquo;t seen the&nbsp;pope,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has underscored the importance of faith during his second administration, countering perceived anti-Christian bias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2116846\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2116846\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump celebrates the election of the first American pope, Robert Prevost, calling it a great honor for the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2432468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pope-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33551,54854,3634],"class_list":["post-2432467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-catholic-church","tag-pope-leo-xiv","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pope-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432471,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432467\/revisions\/2432471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}