Swedish Cardinal Anders Arboreliusthat participated in the Conclave where they elected a new Pope on Friday He picked up the lion XIV. As a “gentle and humble man” – and yet “very different” from US President Donald Trump. Informed AFP, from which the report was taken over by TASR.
“Many responded to the fact that we have the American Pope for the first time,” Stated Arborelius in the statement the day after the election of Leo XIV. Pope Leo, the civil name of Roberta Premosta, described as “A conscientious and receptive person” who, during his time at the forefront of the Dicaster for Bishops – The key Vatican Office, which advises the Pope in the appointment of bishops – has gained respect.
“It is difficult to imagine an American who would be the opposite of his opposite than the one who once got into the pope,” said Arborelius with reference to image created by artificial intelligence, on which Trump was in the papal robes – and which was published on the official White House accounts.
“Nevertheless, I can imagine that the Pope Lion, with his peaceful appearance, can succeed in listening to the power of this world to listen to the gospel message of peace and reconciliation,” added. Arborelius, who was appointed in 2017 as the first Swedish Cardinal, is a convert to Catholicism in a predominantly Protestant Sweden – one of the most second -in -class companies in the world.
This 75-year-old clergy was considered to be one of the possible successors of Pope Francis, But in April for Swedish television SVT said that Pope Francis approved his request for release from office in order to return to his monastery in the south of Sweden. “However, Francis died before the date of my departure was determined,” he said. “So now I’m a little hanging in a vacuum.”
