I met the man who would become Pope Liu XIV in October 2023. Robert BrevostI realized that he was a good listener, vigilant and had a certain presence.
Our conversation took place near the important Vatican Association, which focused on church reform efforts.
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The summit was part of an operation several years ago started by the late Pope Francis – the Synod – who spanned his bed in the hospital as one of the last works by the old Pope in power.
Within the Great Society Salon in 2023, and again in 2024, the participants like Prevost sat on round tables where everyone had the opportunity to talk about the same time stipulated.
The future Pope, such as Cardinals and the Bishops, interacted with people from all over the world, including women. The Senodal meetings in the Vatican have not occurred in this style before, and for the first time, the voters who submitted opinions on approval of a final document included.
Just half a year later, Prevost – Now Pope Liu fourteenth – is no longer one of the many participants on the table. He is responsible for the church and ready to continue to conduct this reform in the same direction.
“It is very nice and a great listener,” said Father Tony Banks. CNNThe New Pope’s friend and general assistant to the religious system of Saint Augustine. He pointed out that Liu XIV will seek to realize Francis’s reforms “in terms of theology and practice.”
When the new Pope spoke on the balcony of Bachelaa, St. Peter, moments after the end of the flavor, he indicated that he would seek to “walk with you as a unified church, Find all peace and justice together, Work together as women and men. “
This is possible Liu XIII continues what Francis started, But with its own and secret style, but the specific method. He was elected at the age of 69, and the new ink shows that the Cardinals want the Pope who launches these reforms in the papacy that can last for several decades.
Among them, we highlight the questions about the role of women, and the practice of power in the hierarchy of the church Change to a more missionary church, This leaves the rest area.
A possible budget for Trump
Before the white smoke rose, the best known American citizen in the world was President Donald Trump.
Pope Liu XIV, the first in the United States, others. By choosing Prevost, within the Cardinate that the papacy is a prophetic voice on the global scene, capable of confronting Trump.
Although Pope Liu XIV is uniform, he does not seem to be looking for battles, Your focus on building bridgesIn dialogue and support for migrants contradict the Trump administration.
During the first letter to the Cardinals after the elections, Pope Liu promised “a complete commitment” to the teachings of the second Vatican Council, the bishops meeting from 1962 to 1965, which provided the model of the Contemporary Church.
He insisted that this means “loving care with the recent dialogue and rejection” and “brave and confident” with the contemporary world in its various components and facts, including facing the challenge to the human dignity that Artificial Intelligence (AI) It is represented.
The Second Vatican Council sought to emphasize the church as a voice of marginalization – “a prophetic voice” – and was particularly welcomed in Central and Latin America, where Liu fourteen served for decades.
Father Tony Banks stressed that the new Pope is “very concerned about social and marginalized issues,” a person close to those who live in the “parties”.
The AGOSTINAIAN system-which was elected to lead two periods that focus on building society.
The posts that were held on the account of the social network X under the name of the new Pope, have republished articles and publications that criticized the immigration policy of Trump’s government, although those who know Pope Liu fourteent say it does not contradict naturally.
“I don’t think he is fighting with people, but he did not return to retreat either,” said Cardinal Joseph Topin from New Jersey, who knew Pope Liu XIV for some time.
Modest
Regarding the most rushed topics inside the church – such as sex victories and women’s arrangement – the new Pope will adopt a position instead of bold changes.
In 2012, Prevost delivered a speech criticizing “sympathy for the anti -Christ lifestyle options” in the media, including husbands in the same sex and “adopted children”, although he said after 11 years that his position had evolved “in the sense of the need to open the church.”
Sister Natalie Picards, who worked in the Vatican Senod office, was the neighbor of the Pope during her last years of work in the bishops’ office.
I am informed CNN It is “easy to speak” and is “a simple and humble person.”
When the Bishop of Chiclio, Peru, Piccart was claiming to have guaranteed women to occupy leadership positions in their diocese. Like Francis, he is unlikely to try to change the church belief, but will take a strong position on topics such as migration, peace and the environment.
“He is not a man who will say what is against him, he will say what he is defending, this is the decisive point about him,” said Mark Okonor’s brother, Catholic journalist who directs the continuation of the Parameata diocese, Australia.
“It is the opposite of a cultural warrior. I do not think he believes that the fighting for belief or even changing belief and talking about ideological issues is the way forward,” he said.
With the church entering a new era, the topic that you need to address is the sexual assault on the Bible.
Looking at his time as a former leader of the religious system and the mayor of the Vatican Bishops’ Bishops, he certainly has experience in dealing with abuse cases.
A group of victims criticized their behavior for some cases, while the Peruvian Episcopal Conference Leader of the Peruviest Ministry praised the survivors of abuse.
Leo XIV has a doctorate degree in the church’s church law, which enables it to ensure the implementation of the current ecclesiastical laws to investigate issues and the responsibility of leaders.
The new Pope is also attributed to playing a decisive role in the suppression of Sodalitium Chrostianae vitae, a strong group in Peru tortured by abuse allegations.
Traditional wisdom said it could have had a door from the United States. However, with Pope Liu XIV, church leaders have chosen a person who spent decades in Latin America and has global experience – often called the world’s citizen.
In a moment of growing divisions, wars and conflicts, Conclave opened in 2025 unusual pages for the church with the choice of Leo XIV, which is a bridge of the Pope of bridges and prophets.
