Robert Francis Prevost He was chosen as the new Pope of the Catholic church. The American -with the past missionary in Peru– It will be called XIV lion. The announcement generated an outbreak of joy among the thousands of present in the San Pedro Square of the Vaticanwhere the announcement of who would happen to the last pontiff was expected, Franciscothe Argentine Jorge Bergoglio.
He lived in Peru during the 80s where the mission of Chulucanas. After a brief period outside that country, he returned in 1988 to Trujillo Until 1999, when he returned to Chicagoits hometown. In 2015 he received the nationality of the South American homeland.
Prevost era -That the death of Francisco-, The prefect of the Dicasterio for the bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since January 2023. He was appointed cardinal by the last Pontiff on September 30, 2023.
Born on September 14, 1955 in Chicagoson of the mother of Spanish descent, entered the novitiate of the San Agustín Order (OSA) in 1977 and made his solemn votes in 1981.
Has extensive academic training that includes a degree in Sciences Math by the University of Villanova, a mastery in divinity for the Catholic Theological Union de Chicago, and a Magna Cum Laude degree and Doctorate in Canon Law by the Pontifical University of Santo Tomás de Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. His doctoral thesis dealt with The role of the prior local prior of the order of San Agustín.
In 1987 he was chosen director of vocations and director of the missions of the Augustinian province of ‘Mother of Good Counsel’ From Illinois and in 1988 he was sent to the Mission of Trujillo as director of the joint training project of Augustinian applicants in the vicariates of Chulucanas, Iquitos and Apurímac. There served as a prior of the community (1988-1992), training director (1988-1998) and teacher of professors (1992-1998). In the Archdiocese of Trujillo was Vicar Judicial (1989-1998), and professor of Canon Law at the Major Seminary “San Carlos and San Marcelo”.
In October 2013 he returned to Chicago to exercise again as teacher of the professors and provincial vicar, functions that he developed until November 3, 2014, when the papa Francisco He appointed him apostolic administrator of the Peruvian diocese of Chiclayoraising it to the dignity of Bishop and assigning the diocese holding of Sufar. He was ordained Bishop on December 12, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in the cathedral of his diocese. And, in March 2018 he was appointed second vice president of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.
In 2019, Francisco He was appointed member of the Congregation for the clergy In 2019 and the Congregation for Bishops in 2020, in addition to Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Callao. It was in 2023 when he was appointed prefect of the Dicasterio for the bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
He is a member of Seven Dicasteries of the Vatican, as well as the Commission for the government of the State of the city of the Vatican, which has been interpreted as an indication of the Pope Francis in Purpurado.
Finally, the smoked blank had been present in the Vatican This Thursday of the fireplace installed on the roof of the Sistine chapelsign that the 133 cardinals locked inside had managed to choose the successor of Pope Francis on the second day of the conclave.
-The 1,400 million Catholics in the world must now expect the imminent announcement “Habemus Papam” from the Balcony of the Vatican Basilica of San Pedro and the appearance of the 267th Pontiff of the Catholic Church.
With the beginning of the Voting In the afternoon, the faithful began to return to the San Pedro Squareresuming vigil with renewed expectation. Despite the second black smoking issued in the morning, many expressed their desire to witness a possible outcome in the evening rounds of the conclave.
The square, which hours before had been partially empty, began to fill again with pilgrims, tourists and Roman citizens attentive to each movement within the Vatican.
Some groups that had retired after the morning signal returned with coffee thermos, flags and banners, while others arrived for the first time in the day, as part of organized excursions. The atmosphere in the square ranged between calm and expectation, with fixed looks in the fireplace of the Sistine chapel and conversations about possible papacy candidates.
In the extensive history of Catholic churchsolo Two potatoes had been chosen during the month of mayoa rare fact in the records of the conclaves.
The first was in 1342during the period known as the Aviñón captivity. The conclave was inaugurated on May 5 at the Papal Residence of Provence, and after only two days of deliberations, the cardinal Pierre Roger He was chosen high pontiff, adopting the name of Clemente vi.
Its pontificate, which extended up to 1352, was characterized by a strong cultural impulse, an active international policy and the acquisition of the city of Aviñón, which became the property of the Holy See.
The second case occurred in 1605when the conclave began on May 8. After twenty -seven votes, The cardinal Camillo Borghese Pope was chosen under the name of Pablo v.
His ecclesiastical government, between 1605 and 1621, marked a period of affirmation of the temporal and spiritual power of the Church, at the time of the counter -reform.
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