Promoted by Pope Francis. Born in Chicago, liberal. Him and Pres Trump will butt heads. So interesting he is an Augustinian. Other interesting thing that meme of Trump as pope going around. Could have been a sign. js I like he has a great sense of humor. So much to take in. From the US. A lot of the world is not going to like that.
I was working and following the broadcast on YouTube when the reporter in Brazil said the papal name was Augustine. I thought to myself, if my ears aren't deceiving me, Cardinal Mamberti said Leo XIV.
The Hand of God. Thank you Jesus and God Bless America. What a relief. A Good , Holy , Catholic, Pope. Now I can die happy. A big, big smile on my face. Thank God.
He is an Augustinian and chose the same name as the pope during the time of the Protestant Reformation, considering that Martin Luther and John Calvin had Augustine of Hippo as their main reference in patristics. So perhaps he is trying to find common ground with Protestants regarding justification by faith. This is just a guess of mine, and I could be miserably wrong—just as I was about who the next pope would be.
Views Prevost has opposed the ordination of women to the diaconate,[42] stating not only that it "doesn't necessarily solve a problem" but that "it might make a new problem".[43] As a bishop[when?] Prevost opposed the inclusion of curriculum regarding "teachings on gender in schools" in Peru, stating that the "promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don't exist".[44] An acquaintance of Pope Leo XIV, Jesus Leon Angeles, noted that he cares for Venezuelan refugees in Peru.[45] In 2012, Prevost lamented that popular culture fostered "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel", citing the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children".[44] After Pope Francis's 2023 declaration Fiducia supplicans allowed Catholic priests to bless couples who are not married according to church teaching (including same-sex couples), he criticized the practicality of the declaration in parts of Africa where homosexuality is still illegal, saying "our cultural situation is such that the application of this document is just not going to work".[46] Prevost expressed sympathy for George Floyd after his murder in 2020. He has also criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance through his posts on Twitter.[47]
