Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost, 69, is elected as Leo XIV, the 267th pope. His opinions on the environment, migration, and the impoverished are seen.
To be similar to those of the late Pope Francis. This indicates that he disagrees with President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance on a number of issues, including immigration.
In fact, Pope Leo XIV himself is an immigrant. “The United States is where I was born. However, all of my grandparents were immigrants—Spanish,
French, etc. Both of my parents were quite involved in the church, so I grew up in a very Catholic home,” he remarked.
The Vatican called him the second pope from the Americas, despite the fact that he was born in the United States (Francis being from Argentina).
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President Trump wished the pope well in his new position and described Leo’s election as “such an honor for our country.”
