Puff Piece

In the most anticipated puff of smoke since Seth Rogen spent time in Snoop Dogg’s trailer, the smoke signal awaited by people across the world has officially been exhausted. Habemus papam. On the second day of the conclave, we’ve got a new pope: Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago. He’s the first American pontiff in history (he’s also a Peruvian citizen). He will be known as Leo XIV. “A leader with global experience, he spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis’ reforms.” (The celebrations will go on for days. When my temple gets a new rabbi, all they do it change the name on the parking spot.) Here’s the latest from CNN and BBC. (Coincidentally, a puff of smoke generally emerges from my man cave each time a new edition of NextDraft is published.)