On May 8, 2025 will go down in history as the day when the Lion’s roar is again in charge of the Church of Rome.
One thousand four hundred and six million Catholics have seen Robert Francis Prevost, of American nationality, born in Chicago (United States), in 1955, with 69 years to look at the balcony one hour and a few minutes after all the media in the world showed us at 18:07 minutes of the afternoon a white smoking that announced the new sovereign of the throne of the throne of Peter.
Robert Prevost, second last name Martínez, of Hispanic descent, is Augustine. Knowing the social problems of the poor, a half life has passed in Misiones. Parco in statements to the press, it has always been contrary to those who exercise power in an authoritarian way. It has been manifested on numerous occasions contrary to Trump’s performances, contrary to open the doors of North America to those who, without a doubt, also help make it great.
Robert Prevost, in a mystical transformation he has chosen the papal name of Leo XIV. Without wanting to enter this brief chronicle of the event that occurred in Rome of which we already have millions of data on the websites around the world, if I would like to point out what the deference has had, I imagine that with all the intention of manifesting only in Latin languages: Italian, Spanish (whose language speaks perfectly) and Latin. It has not manifested in English. What has been your intention?
It can not be understood as a renunciation of its origins, it is American and, although it has passed half a life outside that great nation, it will undoubtedly be a bridge between the American administration and all Latin America so in need of voices that they denounce the totalitarianism that ravaged it. In addition, the choice of the name about us again to the precommunist era, where a Pope Leo XIII, I fight as they could or left him so that the plain people had the possibility of developing in a world where the industrial revolution generated huge social inequalities throughout the world. Humanity needs messages about these inequalities, considering that they continue to exist in the modern society in which we are.
He has read a masterful speech. No excessive concessions to anyone. The most used term has been peace. And this leads us to think that very soon we will see him trying to promote a viable encounter between Jews and Palestinians to resolve Gaza’s conflict in a considerable way; And surely the pulse will not tremble (he is considered a great strategist) by getting involved in the resolution of the great conflicts that harass us, especially the Ukraine War or the newly initiated conflict between Pakistan and India.
Like Leo XIV, the course will not tremble to continue involved in the resolution of the great conflicts that ravage to the Church itself. Finance, sexual issues and another series of conflicts related to minorities to which Pope Francis so much case, sure they will not be alien to him.
It is, according to many, a technical pope, not in vain mathematics study. But at the same time philosopher and agustine mentality. San Agustín, back in 400 said: Love and do what you want. If you shut up, you will shut up with love; If you shout, you will shout with love; If you correct, you will correct with love, if you forgive, you will forgive with love. Therefore, since we have been able to see him on the balcony, we have seemed to many the ideal person to bring the enormous weight of Pedro’s tiara. His next few days will be decisive, but above all we should not try to see in him a faithful continuator of the previous Pope, it will not be no doubt.
Robert Francis Prevost Martínez no longer exists, no transformation can be more intense than that of entering a conclave as a man and leaving him anointed with the seal of the Holy Spirit, turned into a pope, and not in any one, but in Pope Leo XIV. And surely, when making the decision to accept the weight of the papacy, he would keep in mind the words of St. Augustine when he said: God does not send impossible things, but, by sending what he sends, he invites you to do what you can and ask for what you cannot and help you so you can.
One thousand four hundred and six million Catholics are in luck, although perhaps everyone must close their shoulder so that this man can.
Originally published at LaDamadeElche.com
