(9 May 2025)
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Lagos, Nigeria – 9 May 2025
1. Various of newspaper headlines with Pope Leo XIV
2. Various of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Lagos
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Okwuodu, Catholic faithful:
"It’s always a thing of joy when you witness the ceremony culminating into the getting of a new Pope because of the mystery behind it, the waiting and also we felt very happy and excited when we heard that we already have a new pontiff for the Catholic Church."
4. Mid of Lagosians walking in street
5. Mid of Catholic church statue
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nwajei-Ngozi Catherine, Catholic faithful:
"We have a new Pope. It’s so surprising. Just two days into the conclave, we thank God we have new Pope. I am happy there’s a new Pope. And I’m happy he’s a younger one. We are praying that God will give him the grace to function as he should."
7. Mid of Lagosians walking in street
8. Mid of Catholic church statue
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Akakpu, Catholic faithful:
"I’m very excited and happy that he came at the right time to succeed Pope Francis and I pray that God will be with him and sustain and give him long life to sit on the seat of St. Peter."
10. Various of faithful praying at outside church
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Veronica Onyewan, Catholic faithful:
"I feel elated and I pray that with prayers he should govern us well, we the Catholics."
12. Various of Lagosians walking in street
STORYLINE:
Catholics in Nigeria shared their relief and excitement as cardinals broke with tradition and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church.
Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order who spent his career ministering in Peru, took the name Leo XIV.
Nigerian Catholics said they were pleased to have a new pontiff.
"I’m very excited and happy that he came at the right time to succeed Pope Francis," said Patrick Akakpu.
Some said they were surprised the Conclave was over so quickly.
"We have a new Pope. It’s so surprising. Just two days into the Conclave," said Nwajei-Ngozi Catherine.
"I am happy there’s a new Pope. And I’m happy he’s a younger one. We are praying that God will give him the grace to function as he should," she added.
Prevost had been a leading candidate for the papacy, but there had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power the country already wields.
Prevost was born in 1955 in the south side of Chicago in the neighborhood of Bronzeville and grew up in suburban Dolton, where he attended Mass and elementary school at St. Mary of the Assumption.
He later studied theology at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago in Hyde Park and taught in local Catholic schools, including at St. Rita High School, according to the school.
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