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Posted on 05/08/2025 10:18:04 AM PDT by Jolla
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Cardinal Robert Prevost
Date of Birth: Sept. 14, 1955
Nationality: American and Peruvian
Position: Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops; president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America under Francis
Experience: Archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru; head of the Augustinian religious order
Made a cardinal by: Francis
Francis brought Prevost, 69, to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. As a result, Prevost has a prominence going into the conclave that few other cardinals have.
One strike against him, however, is that he’s American, and there has long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere. But Prevost, a Chicago native, could be a first because he’s also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.
Prevost was also twice elected prior general, or top leader, of the Augustinian religious order, the 13th century order founded by St. Augustine. Francis clearly had an eye on him for years, moving him from the Augustinian leadership back to Peru in 2014 to serve as the administrator and later archbishop of Chiclayo.
He remained in that position, acquiring Peruvian citizenship in 2015, until Francis brought him to Rome in 2023 to assume the presidency of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In that job he would have kept in regular contact with the Catholic hierarchy in the part of the world that counts still counts the most Catholics.
Ever since he arrived in Rome, Prevost has kept a low public profile, but he is well known to the men who count.
Significantly, he presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms Francis made, when he added three women to the voting bloc that decides which bishop nominations to forward to the pope. In early 2025, Francis again showed his esteem by appointing Prevost to the most senior rank of cardinals, suggesting he would at least be Francis’ choice in an any future conclave.
Prevost’s comparative youth could count against him if his brother cardinals don’t want to commit to a pope who might reign for another two decades.
The Rev. Fidel Purisaca Vigil, the communications director for Prevost’s old diocese in Chiclayo, remembers the cardinal rising each day and having breakfast with his fellow priests after saying his prayers.
A warning sign.
I hope he is better than he looks. He doesn’t have a kind face
Yes, his age was against him.
Born on the Feast of the Universal Exalatation of the Holy Cross!
I’ve read he’s a progressive centrist that is very pro “immigration”. So he will be trying to keep the illegal immigration floodgates open here in the US.
Yep, another Latin leftist like Francis.
Can we just call him Francis Jr. instead?
another disciple of liberation theology. would be interested as to how simpatico he was with the Shining Path Communist guerilla insurgency
The socialist makeover of RCINC is nearly complete
>> A church must have a leader.
THE church HAS a leader — make no mistake! His Name (above ALL names!) is Jesus Christ our King.
Church politics are just as bad as sectarian politics.
Hard to criticize a theocracy on that when Our Republic continues even under Trump to cover-up the Esptein files.
“Chicago is the home of Father Pfleger, one of the most un-Catholic Catholics in the history of Catholics.”
You got that right. He’s a real whack job operator. Smart and dangerous.
So far, his remarks don’t appear to be overly political. He’s focusing on the church’s core message and purpose, which is a good start.
That’s true.
Sunken eyes...
Lutherans do have some affinity for the Augustinians...
“I bet Trump will take credit for the electon of the first American Pope.”
Not this one, he won’t. This Pope will be his adversary. That’s why he was chosen in part I suspect.
Zero chance of that. They’re catholics that claim a patina of Christianity for cover.
Well, he’s not a Jesuit……
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