(9 May 2025)
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Lviv, Ukraine – 9 May 2025
1. Wide of building ++MUTE++
2. Various of people walking through street ++MUTE++
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oksana Hel, local resident:
"We want every politician to send us a message and we want to see that finally, well, the world will come to its senses. And that finally, someone will put an end to this evil, because it has gone too far, very, very far. Is this evil really so strong, embodied in (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, that no one, no politician, no leader in the world, spiritual or moral or political, can put an end to this? To put him in his place. Maybe at least the Pope will finally do it, because he has great power, and God has the greatest power. And I think that God has a plan for everything."
4. Various of people walking through street ++MUTE++
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukranian) Andrii Khmil, local resident:
“The truth is, everyone expected that the Pope would be Ukrainian, from Ternopil or Europe, but he is from the United States. We will see; it is only the beginning for him. Let’s hope it will be better than it was. (UPSOUND reporter asking question) Yes, I think he (Pope Francis) could have done more to end the war. Help more. There is a saying, speak well of the dead. But he had a slightly different position, he (Pope Francis) supported us and, also, Russia.”
6. Various of people walking through street ++MUTE++
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oksana Hel, local resident:
"The Pope is, of course, a mortal man, but he still has a special connection with God. So let’s hope that this connection will finally bring us some kind of change. And maybe there will be some kind of turning point."
8. Close of cross on roof of church ++MUTE++
9. Wide of street ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Ukrainians in Lviv, western Ukraine, expressed their thoughts and hopes on Friday on the election of the new Pope Leo XIV.
"The Pope is, of course, a mortal man, but he still has a special connection with God. So let’s hope that this connection will finally bring us some kind of change. And maybe there will be some kind of turning point," local resident Oksana Hel told The Associated Press.
"He has great power, and God has the greatest power. And I think that God has a plan for everything," she added.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in from world leaders and statesmen at the start of his papacy.
On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, following the conclave and the appearance of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a new pontiff has been chosen.
His election overcame the traditional prohibition against a pope from the United States.
Leo, a 69-year-old Chicago-born Augustinian missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, wore the traditional red cape — which Pope Francis had eschewed on his election in 2013 — suggesting a return to some degree of rule-following after Francis’ unorthodox pontificate.
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