Pope Leo XIV: Initial Impressions on a Papal First

[Michie]

Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being Peter is different than being Simon.

For the third straight time, the cardinals chose a new pope on the conclave’s second day, and they delivered a significant first.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV, the first American and Peruvian national to occupy the See of Peter.

There is no usual path to becoming an American pope, but there is one to becoming an American cardinal. Cardinal Prevost did not take it.

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Pope Leo XIV: Initial Impressions on a Papal First

COMMENTARY: Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being Peter is different than being Simon.

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[Learning always]

We can get a clue of what a new pope is like by listening to what the underworld and all their allies have to say. A good example is when Pope Francis was elected.