Dear Commons Community,

The protodeacon of the College of Cardinals announced in St. Peter’s Square to the world yesterday afternoon that a new pope had been elected.  Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected to succeed Pope Francis and will take the name Pope Leo XIV.

He was born on the southside of Chicago to American and Latina parents and graduated from Villanova University.  He has spent much of his religious life in Peru and has dual citizenship in the United States and Peru.

He is considered a centrist and supportive of immigrant rights.  He has also taken conservative stands regarding LGBTQ rights and the role of women in the Church. His biography as appeared in Forbes can be found at:   What We Know About the First American Pope.

Viva el Papa!

Tony

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