Who Was Leo XIII, The Pope Whose Name The New Pontiff Chose

Who Was Leo XIII, The Pope Whose Name The New Pontiff Chose

Pope Leo XIV (left) and Pope Leo XIII (right). Credit: Left: Ettore Ferrari, ANSA via AMNA, Right: Wikimedoa Commons, Public Domain Who would have bet that a cardinal widely seen as a placeholder, elected Pope back in 1878, with people whispering he wouldn’t last long, would end up inspiring the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV? Yet, here we are, watching the first American Pope in history step out and deliberately refer back to this very man, Pope Le…

The Pontificate of Leo XIII, Pope of Encyclicals and Modern Social Doctrine, influenced the Catholic Church and international society.

In the first homily of his pontificate Leo XIV he gave many clues. “Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, that is, the only Savior and the one who reveals to us the face of the Father.” Important in times when respect among religions is confused with syncretism. The Church is “the arch of salvation that sails through the tides of history, a lighthouse that illuminates the nights of the world.” As beautiful as it is accurate. Precising …

Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and carry the information in the palm of your hand. The weight of the papal name: more than a symbolic choice The name chosen by a new Pope represents a declaration of intent and is usually linked to historical figures or ideals of the Church. In the case of Robert Francis Prevost, who chose to call himself Leon XIV, the name refers to the leadership and social commitment of Leo XIII. This tradition, which began…

Robert Prevost chose Lion XIV as his name for his papacy. In this way, he refers the previous pontiff to use that name. And he was one of the most important popes in the world.

In the social networks of Argentina there were not a few “libertarians”, as Javier Milei’s supporters call themselves, who argued that