The last 5 pontiffs have held audiences with the news media.
The Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura opened Mass on Sunday morning by saying what everyone in the pews was thinking. “Habemus papam!” he exclaimed at Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland, Ill. Beaming, he added, “He is one of our own!” It was the first Sunday in American history with an American pope seated on the…