According to John Prevost, the new pontiff has “deep feeling for the disadvantaged, the poor, for those who have not been heard”
John Prevost, brother of Pope Leo 14, said he believed the religious will be “A 2nd Francis”. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday (8.MAI.2025) and follows a line similar to its predecessor.
“I think we’ll see a 2nd Pope Francis. I think”said Prevost in an interview with the station Chicago “He is young to be a Pope, I think, and is active. So he will be here and there, moving, and I think he will say what he thinks”he declared.
PREVOST said your brother has “A deep feeling for the disadvantaged, the poor, for those who have not been heard.”
“In his heart, in his soul, he wanted to be a missionary. He didn’t want the bishop. He didn’t want the cardinal, but that’s what they asked to do, so that’s what he did.”he declared.
The 69-year-old American Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday (8.MAI) as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Adopted the name of Pope Leo 14.
He was born in Chicago (United States) on September 14, 1955. He has been a priest since 1982 and was Bishop Emeritus of Chiclayo, Peru. Named Archbishop by Pope Francis in 2023, he became a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church.
The choice of papal name is a tribute to Pope Leo 13, who led the church from 1878 to 1903. He became known as the “workers’ pope” and defended the distribution of state wealth and intervention in favor of the poorest.
Leo 14 is an Augustinian leader, that is, who follows the Christian life in the style of St. Augustine. This religious order has 6 fundamental values: interiority, truth, freedom, friendship, community and solidarity justice.
Robert Prevost is the 1st US Pope, but built much of his career in Peru, where he worked in the 1980s and 1990s, and became naturalized Peruvian. It is polyglot and regarded as a cleric with diplomatic skills.
According to the New York Times, the new pontiff has positions similar to that of Pope Francis, and tends to continue their reforms. Like the Argentine pontiff, Leo 14 is committed to the poorest and the rights of immigrants.
On the other hand, it is more discreet and less liberal than its predecessor. Already criticized the “Homosexual lifestyle” in a discourse in 2012 and placed itself against school education that “Seeks to create genres that do not exist”.
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