Newly elected Pope Leone XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.
White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday at 6:07 p.m. local time, signaling that a pontiff had been elected to lead the Catholic Church.
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Success Laventille Secondary School principal Stacey Lezama alongside the volunteer representatives from Unicomer (Trinidad) Limited and United Way, who recently participated in a programme to improve the school's physical and learning environment.
Photo courtesy:Cindy James
Success Laventille Secondary School principal Stacey Lezama alongside the volunteer representatives from Unicomer (Trinidad) Limited and United Way, who recently participated in a programme to improve the school's physical and learning environment.
Photo courtesy:Cindy James
Artist Keith Mervyn Ward, left, shares a moment with Marika and Kathleen Richards and Sita and Lennox Sealy.
Photo courtesy Patricia Martin-Ward
Artist Keith Mervyn Ward, left, shares a moment with Marika and Kathleen Richards and Sita and Lennox Sealy.
Photo courtesy Patricia Martin-Ward
The Emancipation monument, designed and created by jeweler and designer Gillian Bishop, is located in front of the Treasury Building on Independence Square.
MARIELA BRUZUAL
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MARIELA BRUZUAL
Sundar and friends in a Barrackpore bar in one of the scenes in the play.
Rishi Ragoonath
Sundar and friends in a Barrackpore bar in one of the scenes in the play.
Rishi Ragoonath
