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What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Friday's front pages are focused solely on a new pope being elected as American Cardinal Robert Prevost took the name Leo XIV.
What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Kenneth Fox

Friday's front pages are focused solely on a new pope being elected as American Cardinal Robert Prevost took the name Leo XIV.

The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and The Echo all lead with a new pope Robert Prevost, the choice of the world’s Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.

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