Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

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Pope Leo XIV gave the world a brief speech on Thursday, May 8, 2025, after being elected by the College of Cardinals. His speech drew similarities and differences from Pope Francis.

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This gave him a truly global experience, since the Augustinians had some 50 communities spread across every continent. In 2015, Pope Francis appointed him bishop for the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.

On Feb. 6, Francis promoted him to the Order of Bishops and, according to Vatican News, Prevost was Cardinal-Bishop of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano until he was chosen to be the 267th pope.

Pope Francis clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

The conclave that began Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46½ years for which the Vatican hasn’t ordered a set of cassocks for the new head of the Catholic Church ...

Prevost served as a bishop in Chiclayo, in northwestern Peru, from 2015 to 2023.

An offering Although the Vatican has not requested he make the cassocks, he has the necessary skills, having worked under seven popes. "I am making them and offering them to the Vatican in case they ...