US president Donald Trump emphasized the election of the new Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. from the United States. According to him, it is a “great honor” for the whole country. TASR informs this based on the AFP report.
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prezost, who was just appointed a Pope. It is a great honor when we realize he is the first American pope. What a joy and a great honor for our country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV, it will be a very important moment, ”wrote Trump on his social network Truth Social.
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.
