2025-05-09
27 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
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But first...
Never is a modest chimney such a focus of attention as when the world awaits a new pope.
Yesterday, the world got one.
White smoke puffed out above the Sistine Chapel and crowds of thousands at the Vatican cheered.
The super-secretive conclave had come to a conclusion in the fourth ballot on their second day of sequestration.
And an hour later, the new pope's name was revealed.
Sancteroman Ecclesie, Cardinal Emma Prevost.
Robert Prevost, an American and naturalized Peruvian,
then appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
So who is he and what will his appointment mean for the church and it's faithful?