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The First American Pope

 

What's up sunshine happy Friday fri-yay. I'm Coy Wire this is CNN 10 your 10 minutes of news.

Where I tell you the what letting you decide what to think.

 

We're breaking down some of the biggest stories from around the world as we get ready to rock into the weekend packed show with lots to get to so let's get to it.

A stunning moment for one of the biggest religions in the world.

 

Those gathered outside St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City erupted, when they saw the white smoke billowing out of the chimney at top the Sistine chapel.

 

erupt [ɪˋrʌpt]  v. to express oneself suddenly and loudly

billow [ˋbɪlo] v. 波浪般起伏，汹涌向前

 

A sign that a new pope of the Catholic Church had been elected 69 year-old Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, graduate of Villanova University just became the first ever American pope.

And 267th leader of the world's 1.44 billion Catholics.

 

Very surprising. I don't think anyone was really expecting an American pope especially given the candidates that we heard about in the news but it's very exciting.

We made here as fast as we could so we could make it to hear who the new pope was and Jackie had it up first she told everybody here that it was the American so exciting we're so happy to be here.

 

And it only. It probably only happens like once every 20 or so years. I mean, I was so young when Pope Francis was elected so it's probably a once in a-lifetime opportunity that we'll be able to be here.

 

He spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and was a bishop in Peru the name he chose Pope Leo XIV.

There were several rounds of votes but in just two days time they had the 89 votes required to name the new Pontiff.

 

Pontiff [ˋpɑntɪf] n.（亦作P-）罗马教宗；主教

 

Cardinals from around the world gathered there in Vatican City the city-state within Rome, Italy praying, deliberating among only themselves carefully considering who they'd choose to lead the Catholic Church and succeed Pope Francis who passed away 2 and 1/2 weeks ago.

 

city-state [ˋsɪtɪˋstet] n. 城市国家

 

History made. The first ever American elected as the 267th pope.

 

Aplume of white smoke rising above the Sistine chapel a signal that 133 voting cardinals have elected the new pontiff.

 

The bells of St Peter's Basilica welcoming the news.

News that thousands in St Peter's Square Vatican City and around the world have been anticipating during the two days of the conclave.

 

conclave [ˋkɑnklev] n. 秘密会议；枢机主教选举教宗的会议

 

There's so much hope. It's exciting it's exciting to see to be here to know that now we have a pope.

We are so so happy to be here at Rome today.

 

Pope Leo XIV making his debut address to the world's roughly 1.4 billion Catholics.

Peace be with you all.

 

All right that conclave to choose the new Pope Leo XIV was relatively quick.

Because did you know?

 

The longest papal election in history took almost 3 years to complete back in the 13th century.

Cardinals were locked indoors for 2 years 9 months before finally choosing Pope Gregory X.

 

It prompted some of the current rules enforced for a conclave today. It got to the point where they were only served bread and water in hopes it might encourage them to uh hurry up and choose the more you know.

 

If you had 200 billion bucks what would you do with it? How about give almost all of it away?

 

One of the wealthiest people in the world Bill Gates who accumulated wealth as co-founder of Microsoft back in the 70s just announced plans to give away virtually all of his personal wealth and all the funds in the Gates Foundation his philanthropic organization within the next 20 years much sooner than originally planned.

 

We're talking about $200 billion dollars y'all the 69 year-old Gates says there are too many urgent problems for him to hold on to resources.

 

hold on 继续；坚持；保持

 

The announcement comes at a time when the US federal government, Germany and others are scaling back funding for philanthropy and social services.

 

scale back 缩减，缩小

 

His foundation helps causes such as reducing poverty, increasing graduation rates, reducing preventable newborn and children deaths, ending diseases like malaria and measles and more.

 

Gates wrote in a statement "People will say a lot of things about me when I die but I am determined that ‘he died rich’ will not be one of them.".

Now to Europe where after the first full day of Russia's 3-day ceasefire Ukrainian officials are calling it quote a farce.

 

farce [fɑrs]  n. 笑剧；闹剧；滑稽戏；可笑的行为；滑稽荒唐的事情

 

Russia said it would pause fighting in Ukraine to observe its World War II victory day anniversary but Kyiv accused Moscow of breaching its own detente after bomb struck several Ukrainian cities.

 

breach [britʃ] v. 破坏，违反

detente [deˋtɑnt] n.（国际间的）紧张关系的缓和；缓和政策

 

Our Nick Payton Walsh spent the first hours of the ceasefire with Ukrainian forces monitoring Russian military activity and he's giving us an inside look of what it's like there on the ground.

 

So midnight just kicked in and now they're looking to see if there's any difference at all in the situation and it's been pretty bad weather for quite a bit of the day but some activity.

 

And now they have to see if President Vladimir Putin is keeping his word at all.

So it's just saying 3 minutes ago and that'll be about just 3 minutes into the ceasefire, artillery shooting in the direction of Pokrovsk, one of the hottest parts of the front line now where the Russians have been making quite a bit of progress over the past few days.

 

So about four or five visible just on his monitoring system here since the ceasefire began that's artillery still being used by the Russians and the wider fear is that like the Easter ceasefire which the Kremlin also called unilaterally they might see the Russians use this particular moment to regroup to reposition their troops and launch an offensive from better positions when the ceasefire is finished.

 

The Ukrainians though on their side at this point do not have orders to reciprocate and so they're continuing their work targeting Russian positions now, but another test whether Moscow can be trusted at its word and really, too, whether the peace that the White House so urgently says it wants can come to this largest war in Europe since the 40s.

 

Pop quiz hot shot.

 

Who was the first Japanese player to win a singles tennis title in a grand slam event?

Kei Nishikori, Kimiko Date, Naomi Osaka or Ai Sugiyama.

 

If you said Naomi Osaka put your hands up born in Osaka Japan she moved to the US with her family at four years old and at 20 she won her first Grand Slam title beating Serena Williams at the US Open to become the first Asian woman to be ranked number one in the world.

 

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is making headlines after winning a title in France, it's her first title of any kind since the Australian Open in 2021 and first since becoming a mom.

 

Now 27 Naomi has been through a lot since bursting onto the tennis scene as a teen winning four Grand Slam titles and reaching world number one status at one point.

 

She lost in the early rounds at several major events citing struggles with her mental health at times but her perseverance is paying off after winning on a clay court this week.

 

clay court 红土网球场

 

She posted "Kind of ironic to win my first trophy back on the surface that I thought was my worst, that's one of my favorite things about life though there's always room to grow and evolve".

 

Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is a new baby penguin sure to put a pep in your step.

 

pep in one’s step 精神抖擞; a confident, happy, energetic or enthusiastic mood or manner

pep [pɛp] n.【美】【口】活力，锐气，劲

 

At the pleasant and picturesque Aquarium of Niagara in New York a playful baby humble penguin is propelling itself into the public as a paradigm of pure relation.

 

paradigm [ˋpærə͵daɪm] n. 范例，示例

 

And while we won't know the gender until a blood test this summer, the aquarium is putting out a passionate plea for people to participate in naming the unnamed penguin.

 

They're posing three names to the public, inspired by the penguin's native Peru

 

Cantuta - national flower of Peru

Machu -for its ancient city Machu Picchu and

Sesenta - Spanish word for 60, celebrating the aquarium's 60th anniversary.

 

It's a plea with a purpose though hoping to produce something profoundly priceless.

Each $1 vote on the aquarium's website raises money for their animal care.

 

All right superstars favorite part of the day.

We are giving a shout out to the incredible and commendable Mrs. lee and all our friends at Palestine Wheatley High School in Palestine, Arkansas.

 

commendable [kəˋmɛndəb!] adj. 值得赞美的；可钦佩的

 

Before your retirement Mrs. Lee your students want you to know you have had a huge impact on their lives.

Play that Friday music nadir, have an awesome weekend everyone.

 

Remember it is Mother's Day Sunday so whether it's your mom auntie grandma or any sort of mother figure in your life, be sure to celebrate them pick a flower write a note make some pancakes for them, show them you appreciate their guidance support and the way they love you through it all making this world a bit of a better place rise up you are more powerful than you know.

 

I'm Coy Wire this is CNN 10 it's been a blessing to spend this week with you.