His life changed forever on Thursday, when one of the 252 cardinals became the first American in history.
His election was only in the fourth round of voting in the Sistine Hat, one that lasted only 25 hours.
On the square of St. Peter, celebrations broke out when white smoke appeared and about an hour later.
It marks the first time this papal name has been used since the time of Leo III (1878–1903).
His first move
One of his first moves was to greet the staff to his old home, the Sant’uffizio Palace. All eyes are now turning to his first function, when he and the cardinals will return to the Sistina hats
His first words as a leader of 1.4 billion Catholics were: “.
In his speech from the balcony, he honored his predecessor, who had been a cardinal two years before him and brought him from Peru to take a high office in Roman Curry.
“The Pope who blessed Rome gave his blessing all over the world that Easter morning. Let’s continue this blessed path, “Leo said.
He also called to a “church that builds bridges” and “that accepts every person who needs our charity, our presence, our dialogue and our love.”
The taboo of an American Pope
Despite the timeless taboo against the election of an American Pope – due to the already major US geopolitical influence – Leo was promoted as a compromise candidate.
His long -term missionary action in Peru seems to have given him a more universal appeal, especially among the cardinals of Latin America.
President Donald Trump told reporters that the emergence of an American Pope is “”, while Time magazine was already released by a tribute cover.
TIME’s new cover: An American Pope
— TIME (@TIME)
The criticism of Trump and Vance
However, it seems that the new Pontiff does not agree with some opinions and policies of the Trump government.
In February, his X (Twitter) account posted an article entitled “Jay Di Vance is wrong: Jesus does not ask us to hierarch our love for others”, criticizing the Vice -President.
JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others via
— Robert Prevost (@drprevost)
In April, on the occasion of Trump’s meeting with El Salvador’s leader, he posted a post: “Don’t you see the pain? Doesn’t your consciousness disturb you? How can you fuck? “
‘The Pope was playing Wordle before the conceinence’
While people are anxiously awaiting their subsequent public placements, his brothers have revealed their surprise when they saw him on television coming out on the balcony with white vestments.
His older brother, Louis Prevost, told NBC News that he was “unthinkable”. “When the cardinal started to say the name and said ‘r-‘, I knew he would say ‘Roberto’-and then I just lost them.” He added: “We always knew it was special. We made fun of him when he was little that he would become a pope. “
His other brother revealed that before the concede he was joking with him by telling him to see the movie Conclave “to know how to behave”. “He had just seen it, so … it was more to get his thought, because now he has a huge weight on his back.”
The three of them even played online puzzles such as Wordle and Words with Friends before the election, to relax.
