New Pope Leo XIV Has 5 Words for the World

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

New Pope Leo XIV Has 5 Words for the World

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways

The world saw white smoke on May 8, and they also met a new pope in U.S.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, who will be known as

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. It’s quite a big moment, because this marks the f

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Cardinal Robert Prevost was born in Chicago and is also a citizen of Peru, where he worked for years. Prevost was also the head of the church’s Dicastery for Bishops, so he had a major role in the selection of new bishops.

According to

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, Prevost is considered a centrist, “but on many social issues he’s seen as progressive, embracing marginalized groups like Francis, who championed migrants and the poor.” However, he “opposes ordaining women as deacons, for instance, so he’s seen as conservative on church doctrine,” according to CBS News.

Prevost walked out from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8 and addressed the public for the first time. His first public message was

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

: “Peace be with all you.”

In his speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo XIV also said the church can still hear “the weak but always courageous voice of Pope Francis,” so he paid tribute to his predecessor.

He was elected pope by the world’s cardinals on the second day of the conclave. The Catholic church hasn’t had a Pope Leo in more than a century. The previous Pope Leo was

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, who was born in French-occupied Rome in 1810. He was pope from 1878 until his death in 1903.

Leo XIII is known for being a pope of Catholic social teaching. He wrote an open letter in 1891 discussing the technological changes that were taking place due to the Industrial Revolution. Prevost choosing the use the Leo XIV will likely signal some of the priorities for his papacy.

Related: Pope Francis Approves a First for the Catholic Church

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Pope #Leo #XIV #Words #World

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up