Robert PretestChoose the Catholic Cardinals of the World to serve as the leader of the 1.4 Billion Member Church, Is the first pope from the United States And a relative globally unknown.
At the age of 69, and from Chicago, the most part of his career as a missionary in Peru has only become one cardinal in 2023. He has given some media interviews.
He takes the name of the pope Leo XIVAnd Pope succeeds Francis, who has been leading the church since 2013.
Prostal friend, Rio from the 1970s. Mark Francis told Reuters that Cardinal was a strong supporter of his predecessor Papisi, and especially to Pontaf's commitment to social justice issues.
Francis said, “He was always friendly and enthusiastic and the voice of general understanding and practical concerns to reach the poor of the church,” said Francis, “Francis said, who joined the seminary with the preoasts and later knew it when they both lived in Rome in the 2000s.
“He has a strong sense of humor, but he was not a person who sought the light,” said Francis, who guided the US province of the virian religious order.
Prehost first served as a bishop in Czechlio, in the northwestern Peru from 2015 to 2023, and became Peru's citizen in 2015, so he has dual nationalities.
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Pope Francis brought him to Rome to head the Vatican Office this year to choose which priests should work as a Catholic bishop all over the world, which means that he has been a hand in choosing many bishops in the world.
File – New Cardinal Robert Francis Paust, prefect for Bishops, stands for a portrait at the end of the Constitution, where Pope Francis raised 21 new cardinals in St. Peters Square in Vatican on September 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Recordo de Luka, file).
The Catholic Group coordinator in Jesus Lyon Angeles, Czechlio, who knows the prevalent since 2018, is called a “very simple” person who turns out of his way to help others.
Leon Angeles said that Provost expressed a special concern for Venezuela's immigrants in Peru, saying: “He is a person who likes to help.” In recent years, more than 1.5 million Venezuela has moved to Peru, partially to avoid the economic crisis of his country.
In a 2023 interview with the Vatican's newslet, the Preoast focused on the importance of Good News to help the church grow.
“We often engage in the theory of teaching … but we are in danger of forgetting that our first thing is to know Jesus Christ,” he said.
“Our job is to expand the tent and tell everyone that they are welcomed within the church,” Prehost said during the Vatican press conference in 2023.
Born in Paurst 1955 and is a member of the Global Augustine religious order, which includes about 2,500 priests and brothers, working in 50 countries and its members have a special focus on the life and equality life of society.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Vilanova University in Philadelphia, a master from the Catholic Thalogue Union in Chicago, and a doctorate in the Church Law from St. Thomas Acne College in Rome.
Previst first followed in 1985 as a missionary, returned to the United States in 1999 to play a leading role in his religious discipline.
He later went to Rome to serve two six -year -old terms as the head of the Agustanese, and visited many order parties around the world. He is known to speak English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.
Returning to Rome in 2023, the Preoasts usually did not participate in many social events that attract Vatican officials throughout the city.
Leon Angeles said he was a person with leadership abilities, “But at the same time, how does he know how to listen. He has this good.”
“The cardinal has a courtyard to seek feedback, whether it is the easiest or most polite person.” “He knows how to listen.”