What happened inside the conclave? At lunchtime, the Italian favorite lost ground and Prevost took the lead

In the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, the popular Roman saying was relentlessly repeated: “He who enters as pope leaves as cardinal.” Sometimes this hasn’t been the case, as with Pius XII in 1939 or Benedict XVI in 2005, when the clear favorites were selected in very quick conclaves, with three and four votes respectively. This conclave was also swift, with four ballots. But the chosen candidate wasn’t the favorite, Pietro Parolin, but rather the dark horse: Robert Francis Prevost.

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