Shadowing the newsreader
Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.
White smoke rose from the Vatican recently.
The smoke told everyone there was a new pope.
Just before, the cardinals chose their leader.
Thousands of people entered St. Peter's Square in Rome.
They wanted to see the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti said "We have a pope".
He spoke in Latin.
There's an American pope for the first time.
His name's Robert Francis Prevost.
Many people, like this priest from Washington, were surprised.
Prevost now has a special name.
It's Pope Leo XIV.
The new Pope is 69 years old.
He was born in the USA.
But his family is French, Italian and Spanish.
He lived in Peru for a long time too.
He's a citizen of that country.
Many hope he'll be like Pope Francis, the pope before him.
Pope Leo attended a big ceremony on 18th May.
He's now the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.
