American cardinals who had been a part of the conclave that elected the brand new pope spoke at a information briefing immediately about Prevost’s alternative of identify.
“Selecting the identify Leo is indicative, I feel, of the course he needs to take,” Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich stated, mentioning Pope Leo XIII, who “wrote stirringly concerning the rights of employees, of immigrants, of those that live on the margins of society.”
Pope Leo XIII, or Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, was the final pope to decide on the identify. He served from 1878 to 1903 and was identified for his mental nature, and writing encyclical letters, together with Rerum Novarum, or “Of New Issues,” in Latin, by which he spoke about employees rights.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo spoke about Leo the Nice, or Pope Leo I, who served from 440 to 461. He’s credited with convincing invaders to not assault Rome, together with the Huns and the Vandals.
“Leo the Nice was a pope on the time when the church was actually a multitude in coping with what was taking place proper across the metropolis gates of Rome,” DiNardo stated.
DiNardo stated the brand new pope, Leo XIV, is a “clever man” who picked a reputation that “might converse to us each on phrases of social doctrine and by way of doctrine by means of Jesus.”