A Pope from the USA and an anti-Trump-Diepresse.com
Pope Leo XIV will continue the Franciscan heritage – less emotionally and more deliberate, but more structured.
Robert Francis Prevost was even acted as an outsider and insiders like Cardinal Christoph Schönborn as an insider tip. But it was a fist-thick surprise when, after the fourth ballot, the red curtain over the Benediction Loggia on Peterdom, and Cardinal Dominique Mamberti revealed the name of the US cardinal as a new pope.
The first Pope from the USA, with long -term work as a missionary with a social streak in Peru and Bishop in Latin America, on top of that as Augustiner an religious who is also very familiar with the curia in the Vatican: Leo XIV. Personally personifies the ideal candidates, at 69 for a pontifex even at medium age.
Peace, dialogue, Caritas, commitment to the poor: In his first speech, he made many values in a tribute to his predecessor that were high and holy. He swore to continue his inheritance – less emotionally, deliberate, more structured. Many in the conclave wanted that. Donald Trump may cheer about the choice of man from Chicago, but Leo XIV embodies a contrast program to the US president: an anti-trump of the quiet tones. This also a signal that the cardinals have set with the choice of Leos XIV.
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