Colombia president says new pope should back 'humiliated' migrants in US

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, celebrated this Thursday the appointment of Leon XIV as the new pope of the Catholic Church, highlighting his Latin ancestry and his link with Latin America, and expressed his hope that the new pontiff will advocate in defense of migrant peoples and the environment. READ ALSO: Robert Prevost is the new Pope "The new pope, Leon XIV, is more than an American. His immediate ancestors are Latinos: Spanish and …

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MADRID 8 May. – Latin American leaders congratulated on Thursday Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, on his election as the new Pope under the name Leon XIV, number 267 and the first American and Augustinian in the history of the Catholic Church. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro hopes that the Latin background of Cardinal Robert Prevost and “progressive” from the city of Chicago in which he was born will help him become the “great leader of migrant p…

Latin American leaders congratulated on Thursday Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, on his election as the new Pope under the name Leo XIV, the number 267 and the first American and Augustinian in the history of the Catholic Church.

Latin American leaders have congratulated Cardinal Robert Prevost on his election as new Pope under the name of Leon XIV. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro expressed his hope that the new Pope would become a “great leader of migrant peoples” and defend life and social justice. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the humanist convergence in favor of peace and prosperity in the world, while Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva …

According to Caroline Pigozzi, consultant TF1-LCI, who specializes in the papacy, the election of an American pope could advance the cause of migrants. She delivers her analysis on the 20H plateau. - "An American pope who will protect migrants": the analysis of Vaticanist Caroline Pigozzi (International).