World leaders respond to the election of the new Pope Leo XIV. After Thursday’s second day of Conclave. The head of the Catholic Church was congratulated by leaders of Germany, Ukraine, Russia, France and the European Union, writes TASR.
The new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that The Germans look at the pontificate of the new Pope with confidence and positive expectations. “Through your function, you provide hope and guidance to millions of believers around the world in these times full of big challenges. For many people you are supported by justice and reconciliation,” said the new German office.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Genskyj expressed the hope that the Vatican will continue to provide “moral and spiritual support with the new leader”. “At this crucial moment, we believe in the continuation of the moral and spiritual support of the Vatican in Ukrainian efforts to establish justice and achieve a permanent peace,” wrote Greeny on the social network X.
“We wish him to be accompanied by wisdom and power, as he leads the Catholic community and inspires the world through its commitment to peace and dialogue,“The President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen said.
Russian president Vladimir Putin is “convinced that constructive dialogue and cooperation based on Christian values will continue”, Informs the Russian news agency TASS. French President Emmanuel Macron hopes that the Pope will be the “carrier of peace and hope”, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also welcomed his election and described him as “significant”.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala wished the new Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. Much forces, wisdom and courage. In the post on the X Fiala platform, he expressed his wish that the work of the new head of the Catholic Church will bring the world hope, peace and understanding, TASR informs. The election of the new Pope on the day 80. The anniversary of the end of one of the worst wars is, according to the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský Symbolic and represents hope for the whole world, quotes the portal idnes.cz.
The American Cardinal Robert Posom elected the Conclave on Thursday for 267. The elected Pope accepted the name of Leo XIV, the first Pope from the United States. He was born in 1955 in Chicago, reports his biography on the Vatican website. So far, the newly elected Pope has been working as a prefect of the dicaster for bishops since January 2023, before he was a bishop in Chiclay in Peru. He is from the Order of Augustinians in which he was the general superior in the past.
