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Haiti - FLASH : New Pope elected, who is Leo XIV ? 09/05/2025 06:32:46
A huge crowd, numbering in the tens of thousands, enthusiastically welcomed the new Pope Leo XIV as he addressed the faithful. Visibly moved, he spoke mainly in Italian, addressing the entire world. "Peace be with you all," he declared, echoing the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd who guided God's flock. "I hope that this greeting of Peace will penetrate your hearts, reach your families, all people, wherever they are, all peoples and the whole earth," he added. The new Pope emphasized the unique nature of the Peace that comes from God. "It is the Peace of the Risen Christ, a disarming, humble and persevering Peace. It emanates from God, from God who loves us all unconditionally." Leo XIV then paid tribute to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. "We still keep in our ears the weak, but always courageous, voice of Pope Francis blessing Rome ! This Easter morning, the Pope blessing Rome extended his blessing to the entire world."  Biography of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (Pope Leo XIV) : Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. He spent his childhood and adolescence with his family. He studied first at the Minor Seminary of the Augustinian Fathers, then at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he earned a degree in mathematics in 1977. He also pursued studies in philosophy. On September 1st of that same year, he entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) in St. Louis, in the Province of Our Lady of Good Counsel of Chicago. He made his first profession on September 2, 1978, and his solemn vows on August 29, 1981. He studied at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where he earned a degree in theology. At the age of 27, his superiors sent him to Rome to study canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). He was ordained a priest on June 19, 1982, at the Augustinian College of Santa Monica by Monsignor Jean Jadot, pro-president of the Pontifical Council for Non-Christians, now the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Father Prevost obtained his licentiate in 1984. The following year, while preparing his doctoral thesis, he was assigned to the Augustinian mission of Chulucanas, Piura, Peru, where he remained from 1985 to 1986. In 1987, he defended his doctoral thesis on "The Role of the Local Prior of the Order of Saint Augustine." That same year, he was appointed Vocations Director and Mission Director of the Augustinian Province of Mother of Good Counsel in Olympia Fields, Illinois (USA). The following year, he joined the Trujillo mission, also in Peru, as Director of the Common Formation Project for Augustinian aspirants from the vicariates of Chulucanas, Iquitos, and Apurímac. For eleven years, he held several important positions. From 1988 to 1992, he served as prior of the community. From 1988 to 1998, he was director of formation and professor of the professed. In the Archdiocese of Trujillo, he was judicial vicar from 1989 to 1998 and professor of canon law, patristics, and morals at the major seminary of San Carlos and San Marcelo. At the same time, he was entrusted with the pastoral care of Our Lady Mother of the Church, which later became a parish named after Saint Rita. This parish was located on the poor outskirts of the city, and he served there from 1988 to 1999. From 1992 to 1999, he also served as parish administrator of Our Lady of Monserrat. In 1999, he was elected prior provincial of the Augustinian province of "Mother of Good Counsel" in Chicago. Two and a half years later, at the Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine, his brothers elected him Prior General. He was confirmed for a second term in 2007. In October 2013, he returned to his Augustinian province in Chicago. There, he served as Director of Formation at the Convent of Saint Augustine, First Councilor, and Provincial Vicar. He held these positions until his appointment by Pope Francis on November 3rd, 2014, as Apostolic Administrator of the Peruvian Diocese of Chiclayo. He was elevated to the episcopal dignity as Titular Bishop of Sufar. He entered the diocese on November 7, in the presence of Apostolic Nuncio James Patrick Green. Green ordained him Bishop a little over a month later, on December 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in the Cathedral of Saint Mary. On September 26, 2015, the Argentine Pope appointed him Bishop of Chiclayo. In March 2018, he was elected Second Vice-President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. He is also a member of the Economic Council and President of the Commission for Culture and Education within the Conference. In 2019, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Clergy on July 13. The following year, on November 21, he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops. Meanwhile, on April 15, 2020, the Pope appointed him Apostolic Administrator of the Peruvian Diocese of Callao. On January 30, 2023, the Pope summoned the Archbishop to Rome to entrust him with the role of Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. This appointment led to his promotion to the rank of Archbishop. At the Consistory of September 30 of that same year, the Pope created him a cardinal and conferred on him the diaconate of Santa Monica. He took possession of his title on January 28, 2024. As head of the Dicastery, he participated in the final apostolic journeys of Pope Francis and in the first and second sessions of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality. These sessions were held in Rome from October 4 to 29, 2023, and from October 2 to 27, 2024, respectively. He had already gained experience in synodal assemblies as prior of the Augustinians and representative of the Union of Superiors General (UGS). His episcopal motto is In Illo uno unum, words that Saint Augustine pronounced in a sermon, the Exposition on Psalm 127, to explain that "although we Christians are many, in the one Christ we are one." His father, Louis Marius Prevost, was of French and Italian descent, and his mother, Mildred Martínez, was of Spanish descent. He had two brothers, Louis Martín and John Joseph. Pope Leo XIV was fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and also read German and Latin. Reaction from the Office of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé : "It is with deep respect that His Excellency Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, learned of the election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, to the Pontifical Throne of the Catholic Church. The Haitian Government extends its most sincere and warmest congratulations to the new Holy Father. A man of faith, service, and mission, his remarkable career demonstrates open-mindedness, sincere closeness to the most disadvantaged, and an unwavering commitment to the universality of the Church. At this historic and spiritual moment, Haiti, a nation deeply rooted in the Catholic tradition, joins in prayer with the faithful around the world. The country fervently hopes that this new pontificate will be marked by peace, fraternity, and justice for all peoples." Reaction from the Haitian Conference of Catholic Bishops : The Haitian Conference of Catholic Bishops gives thanks to God for the election of the new Successor of Peter, Bishop of Rome and Universal Pastor of the Church: Pope Robert Francis Prévost, who took the name Leo XIV. With the entire Church, in the joy of Easter and the obedience of faith, we welcome the new Pontiff given to us by divine Providence to confirm his brothers in the faith (cf. Lk 22:32) and to preside over charity. In fidelity to the constant doctrine of the Holy Catholic Church, united among ourselves in charity and with the new Roman Pontiff, we strongly affirm the unbreakable communion that binds us to the See of Peter, "the perpetual and visible principle and foundation of the unity of both the Bishops and the multitude of the faithful" (Lumen Gentium, 23). We greet with veneration the ministry of the new Bishop of Rome, who, by virtue of his office, enjoys the primacy not only of honor but also of jurisdiction, by virtue of which he has full, supreme, and universal authority over the whole Church (cf. Lumen Gentium, 22; CIC, can. 331). With all the faithful, we express our obedience, our fervent attachment, and our complete readiness to collaborate in the ministry of Pope Leo XIV in the universal Church. We entrust this new pontificate to the protection of the Mother of the Church, the Most Holy Virgin Mary, and to the intercession of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul." SL/ HaitiLibre
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