The cardinal Robert Prevost missionary in Latin America, was elected as the new Catholic Church leader this Thursday (8), becoming the First Pope of the United States and adopting the name of Leo XIV.
Photos of the Agostinian province of the Midwest of Our Lady of the Good Council to Reuters show the religious in school photographs and alongside previous popes such as Benedict XVI and John Paul II. See in the gallery above.
Pope Leo XIV appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after white smoke came out of the chimney at the top of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that the 133 cardinals chose him as successor to Francisco, who died in April.
“Peace be with all of you,” he told the lively crowd, speaking of fluent Italian. He also spoke of Spanish during his brief speech, but said nothing in English.
PREVOST, 69 years old and born in Chicago, spent most of his career as Missionary in Peru and has double Peruvian nationality.
He assumed the position of 267th Pope This Thursday.
Vision similar to Francisco’s
During the first speech to the Catholic faithful, Leo XIV said he sees the Church as the one who “builds bridges” and dialogues. In addition, the pontiff also paid tribute to the deceased Pope Francis, encouraging the faithful to remember the legacy of their predecessor.
“Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis who blesses Rome. The Pope who blessed Rome gave his blessing to the whole world that Easter morning,” said Leo XIV, referring to the day of Francis’ death on 21 April.
“Allow me to continue this blessing. God loves us. God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail,” he added in Italian, addressing the multitude gathered in the Vatican.
With information from Reuters.
This content was originally published in New Pope: See images of Leão XIV Young on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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