As Missionary in Peru, Future Pope Was Always Close to the Poorest, Say Augustinian Sisters

As Missionary in Peru, Future Pope Was Always Close to the Poorest, Say Augustinian Sisters

The future Pope Leo XIV visits with Augustinian sisters in Peru in this undated photo. (Photo: OSV News/courtesy Augustinian Sister Carmen Toledano) by Rhina Guidos / Global Sisters Report ROME (OSV News) – Two days before the May 7 conclave began, Augustinian Sister Carmen Toledano texted her religious brother Monseñor Robert, whom others called Cardinal Robert F. Prevost. She was surprised to hear his name in the news as a front-runner for pop…

As missionary in Peru, future pope always close to the poorest, say Augustinian sisters

ROME (OSV News) — Two days before the May 7 conclave began, Augustinian Sister Carmen Toledano texted her religious brother Monseñor Robert, whom others called Cardinal Robert F. Prevost. She was surprised to hear his name in the news as a front-runner for pope and told him the way she saw it, the church needed a person who knew how to break barriers — a unifier, a builder of communion, someone like him. “His response was, ‘We’re in God’s hands,…