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Support for the new Pope, who is seen as a conciliatory figure, accelerated after the second ballot and coalesced into a large winning majority on the fourth ballot.
VATICAN CITY — “You must be very happy that an American was elected,” said a smiling Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as he walked with an associate along the Via della Conciliazione toward to the Vatican.
Out for a stroll Sunday afternoon under warm spring sunshine, the Italian cardinal, who was an initial front-runner during the conclave, told the Register of his hope that the Church will be “at peace” as it was “at the time of the apostles, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”
His sentiments echoed a palpable sense of hope, optimism and peace that seems to have pervaded the Eternal City since Pope Leo’s election last Thursday evening, even if it is tinged with caution among some of the faithful.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, out for some fresh air near the Tiber, said he similarly saw Leo XIV as a man of peace as well as someone who listens.
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VATICAN CITY — “You must be very happy that an American was elected,” said a smiling Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as he walked with an associate along the Via della Conciliazione toward to the Vatican.
Out for a stroll Sunday afternoon under warm spring sunshine, the Italian cardinal, who was an initial front-runner during the conclave, told the Register of his hope that the Church will be “at peace” as it was “at the time of the apostles, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”
His sentiments echoed a palpable sense of hope, optimism and peace that seems to have pervaded the Eternal City since Pope Leo’s election last Thursday evening, even if it is tinged with caution among some of the faithful.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, out for some fresh air near the Tiber, said he similarly saw Leo XIV as a man of peace as well as someone who listens.
Continued below.
Cardinals’ Voting Patterns Emerge as Leo XIV Is Welcomed as a Pope of Peace
Support for the new Pope, who is seen as a conciliatory figure, accelerated after the second ballot and coalesced into a large winning majority on the fourth ballot.
