Christianity has had a new shepherd at Leo XIV since 8 May. Discover everything about the latest developments from the Vatican here.
On Thursday evening, White Smoke got up from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. An hour later the new Pope welcomed the crowd on St. Peter’s Square.
Read here what happens in and around the Vatican this Friday.
The most important soon:
- At 11 am (Mesz), the American Robert Francis Prevost, who gave himself the papal name Leo XIV, must hold the first stock exchange.
- The older brother of the Pontifex “chosen on May 8, said in an interview that Robert” wanted to be a priest as a child “. A neighbor was also certain: one day the little one will be a pope!
The choice of Robert Francis Prevost made the headlines worldwide: all major American media also opened with the first American pope. Since the declaration of independence almost 250 years ago, no American cardinal has been honored.
To the surprising election of Robert Prevost as Pope, it was considered an unwritten law that an American cardinal could not become a pope. It would be too risky if the head of the world’s largest community is a citizen of the most powerful country in the world – so the warning.
Because of the years of his bishop in Peru, he has also had a Peruvian passport since 2015. And his Spanish is even better than his Italian – although he spent a few years from 2001 to 2013 as head of the global Augustine order in Rome.
Memories of Francis
Leo XIV with its predecessor Franciscus does not only have these language requirements. The pope from Latin -America reminded his thinking and theologically in his first speech at St. Peter’s Square. Just like Francis, he spoke about the ‘believing people of God’, who is on the road with his shepherd and the openness of the church for all people.
Source: Krone
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