At 69, Robert Francis Prevost He treasured an extensive career that has taken him in recent years to be close to the deceased pontiff that appointed him in 2023 Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, the organ that is responsible for the selection and appointment of the bishops. Born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, son of the mother of Spanish descent, he entered the novitiate of the Order of San Agustín in 1977 and made his solemn votes in 1981.
With Jorge Bergogliowhom he met in Buenos Aires, the American shared his vision of the poor and migrants. His years as a missionary in Peru had his fruits, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the Peruvian diocese of Chiclayo, raising him to the dignity of Bishop and assigning him the diocese holding of Sufar.
With a Spanish idiomatic pronunciation of a good level, perfected by his years in Latin America, the cardinal exercised seven dicasteries of the Vatican, as well as the Commission for the Government of the State of the city of the Vatican, which has been interpreted as an indication of Pope Francis’s confidence in the purple.
Prevost has also spoken about the need to act urgently against climate change, another of Francisco’s concerns and is the defender of the Synod Church. Before the novelty of the assumption of Leo XIV, The local political leadership spoke on its social networks.
With a euphoric style, almost childish and, at the same time, with a very questionable taste, the president Javier Milei He celebrated the name of the new Pontiff, coinciding with the symbol of the lion of the libertarians. In his network X account, the Argentine president posted: “The forces of heaven have given their verdict in a clear way. No more words Mr. Judge. End,” adding the renowned image of the lion, this time disguised as a potato, designed with ia.
“It is not necessary to clarify that I do not believe in the coincidences; and today, once again, I confirm it again. On the day of the Virgin of Lujánpatron of Argentina and Río Gallegos, we have a new Pope, who recalled Francisco, spoke to us in our language, prayed for peace and adopted the name of Leo XIV. Leo XIII was the Pope of work … Father of the social doctrine of the Church, from his wonderful encyclical Rerum novarum. I said … I don’t believe in coincidences, “he said Cristina Kirchner In your X account.
The presidential spokesman Manuel Adornilike the Head of State, he mentioned the forces of heaven. Congratulations to Leo XIV in his assumption. May your leadership and wisdom guide us in difficult times. The world needs the awakening of the lions. God bless him and that the forces of heaven accompany him, “wrote the spokesman for Casa Rosada and current candidate for Buenos Aires legislator.
The head of the Buenos Aires government, Jorge Macri, He spoke: “With great joy we celebrate the choice of the new Pope: Leo XIV. United to millions of faithful in the city and in the world, we greet his arrival to the pontificate and we accompany his mission, with the hope that Francisco’s legacy continues: a nearby, committed church.”
“Robert Prevost includes the inheritance of Leon XIII: founder of the social doctrine of the Church, he understood that the rich and the poor do not play in the same conditions and that the State has to fulfill a fundamental role in the defense of the most vulnerable,” said the former presidential candidate and leader of the Renovating Front Sergio Massa and continue Spanish, remembering his parishioners in Peru, where he lived more than 25 years.
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