In a historic decision, the Catholic Church elected Cardinal Robert Prevost—born in Chicago in 1955 —as its next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first US -born pontiff and one of the few modern popes with deep pastoral experience in both North and South America.
In Parliament, in the presence of the Head of State Mattarella, the Ceremony of Commemoration of the “Day of Remembrance” , dedicated to the victims of terrorism and massacres. Prime Minister Meloni paid tribute to ex premier Moro, killed by the Red Brigades, but also remembered Sicilian anti-Mafia activist Peppino Impastato, who was killed by Cosa Nostra on the same day May 9, 1978.
Unanimous satisfaction of the unions for the method of comparison inaugurated at Palazzo Chigi on safety for the workplace.
Seventy-five years ago, the Schuman Declaration marked the birth of the European Union. The GEO Global Forum, one of the most important events dedicated to Earth observation, ends today in Rome.
Soccer. Fiorentina failed to make the Conference League final for the third consecutive year.
Tennis. World number one Jannik Sinner will face Mariano Navone of Argentina in his comeback after a three-month doping ban in the second round of the Italian Open on Saturday.
