{"id":75300,"date":"2025-05-10T07:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=75300"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:47:23","slug":"secular-reports-from-peru-to-rome-shock-yet-to-wear-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/secular-reports-from-peru-to-rome-shock-yet-to-wear-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Secular Reports: From Peru To Rome, Shock Yet To Wear Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n

The people\u00a0of northern Peru<\/a><\/span>\u00a0call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also\u00a0Padre Prevost<\/a><\/span>. Maybe when\u00a0the shock wears off<\/a><\/span>, they will get used to his new title,\u00a0Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Waiters, taxi drivers, teachers and others \u2014\u00a0faithful or otherwise<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 saw\u00a0the Rev. Robert Prevost<\/a><\/span> around their communities for 20 years, eating ceviche, singing Christmas songs and partaking in everyday activities. But he also walked through flooded streets to reach the needy and drove to remote villages to hand out blankets. Many sat a few feet away from him while he delivered succinct sermons.\u00a0They can all now say they know\u00a0the Pope<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s a very simple man,\u201d said Alejandro Bazalar, whose feet Leo washed during a Holy Week ceremony in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo lived for nine years. \u201cWe Chiclayanos never imagined that God\u2019s representative on Earth would live among us.\u201d<\/p>\n

[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong>]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From Axios:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Cardinals<\/p>\n

The Vatican’s veil of secrecy is beginning to lift, shedding light on how 133 cardinals from around he world unexpectedly coalesced behind Chicago native Robert Prevost, now\u00a0Pope Leo XIV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The big picture:\u00a0<\/strong>Prevost benefitted from being the “least American” of the U.S. cardinals, from being an acolyte of\u00a0Pope Francis’<\/a> but not a “photocopy,” and from his reputation as a good listener and quietly effective administrator, his fellow cardinals revealed on Friday.\u00a0Prevost was hardly mentioned<\/strong>\u00a0in pre-conclave media coverage and was a\u00a0non-factor in the betting markets<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 but he was the subject of intense interest among his fellow cardinals in the days between their arrival in Rome and the start of the conclave.<\/p>\n

[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong>]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM IN 2023<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

WHAT HIS BROTHER REVEALS<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n

Papal names are often very symbolic with regard to how a Pope will serve as the leader of the\u00a0Catholic Church.<\/a>\u00a0Typically, Pope’s select the names of predecessors they admire or want to emulate. Prevost ultimately went with\u00a0Leo XIV<\/a>\u00a0in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903.<\/p>\n

“He could have been Francis II, and we would have said, \u2018Oh, there he is clearly in the line of Francis.\u2019 He could have been John Paul III, then we would have thought, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s very much in that more conservative line.’ He could have been John XXIV, and we say \u2018Oh, now he\u2019s a real revolutionary liberal, et cetera,'” Barron said. “The fact that he went back, well over 100 years, to this very interesting and pivotal figure \u2026 our new pope was saying, I too, want a critical engagement with the modern world, not simply a \u2018no,\u2019 but also not simply a \u2018yes,\u2019 not simply an acquiescence to it.”<\/p>\n

[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong>]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From The New York Times:<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans.\u00a0The Pope\u2019s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city\u2019s Seventh Ward, an area that is traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots.<\/p>\n

The grandparents, Joseph Martinez and Louise Baqui\u00e9, eventually moved to Chicago in the early 20th century and had a daughter: Mildred Martinez, the Pope\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong>]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"TK\"<\/p>\n

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