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After a day in the Vatican, the Cardinals finished the 2025 papal koncow Choosing a new pope. Chosen man, Cardinal Robert PrevostPope LEO XIV – will be known from the United States as the first Pope.
That’s what you need to know about him.
What was Pope Leo XIV’s record cardinal Robert real?
Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first US Pope in the history of the church. He is also a Peruvian citizen working for many years.
69, previous prevosters, became the head of the dawn of bishops, that is, the choice of new bishops.
In general, it covers marginalized groups such as Francis, which is a champion of migrants and the poor, from a center, but many social issues. But in the beginning, women are against those who read for women, for example, as a conservative in the church doctrine.
O Papal name chose Leo13 used used in previous pop. Latest, Pope Leo XIII served until 1878-1903.
Where is Pope Leo XIV?
Pope Leo XIV was born in 1955 in Chicago. It was over Villanova University in Pennsylvania In the degree of mathematics, then the CHICAGO researched theology in the Catholic Theology Association.
When he was 27 years old, he was sent to Rome to study and was appointed as a priest in 1982. Then went to work as a missionary Peru. He has been back to the United States for several years and then returned to Peru, where he fled to a Augustinian seminary in Trujillo.
In 2014, according to the Vatican, Varda was appointed Chiclayo’s Khiklayo administrator in Peru in Peru. A year later, he became a bishop.
Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2023.
President Trump, Chicago Mayor congratulated the new Pope
President Trump sent a message On social media Congratulations to the first Pope of the United States:
“I congratulate the Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, which is called Papa. This is an honor to understand what is the first American Pope and what is great for our country. I look forward to the Pope Leo XIVs. This will be a very meaningful moment!”
Prevost’s hometown, ChicagoMayor Brandon Johnson also celebrated his election tweeting: “Everything, including the Pope, comes from Dopu, Chicago!”
“Congratulations to the First American Pope Leo XIV! We hope to return home soon,” Johnson wrote.
Why do popls change their names?
After selection, the first movement of a new Pope is to choose a new name. This is to say that the papar is similar to the second birth, the Vatican said. In addition, in the first years of Christianity, many pop, birth names were idolatry.
Presedent to choose a new name, the first Pope, the birth name was Simon by St. Peter.
But all the Poplar did not choose new names. Throughout history, 267 beyond the pop, according to the Vatican, only 129 new names chose.
How does Popes choose names?
Popes sometimes chose the name of a word to show the name of the last predecessor or the desire to continue on footsteps. Others choose a name that is not affiliated with the last predecessor to show their wishes to innovate.
The choice often reflects the features hoping to embody in the papacy.
The name of a new Pope’s choice “will show a certain spirit and direction of the new Pope,” said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor of religious studies at Dayton University.
For example, Pope Francis, the name of this name, Assisti Holy Francis was the first Pope of history. In Catholist traditionAssisi Holy Francis had a mystical vision of Jesus, who said to rebuild the church. He also refused his wealth and established the Franciscan rule of the frenzcan in 1290.
