Father Ángel Camino, auxiliary bishop of Madrid, a few hours before the conclave sent a message to Prevost. Wishing him luck before starting the process that would consecrate him as a potato.
“Thank you very much, Angel. Everything is in the hands of God”. This was the answer that gave by WhatsApp The new Pope, Leo XIVto the message of good luck sent by his nearby Spanish friend, Father Ángel Camino, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Madrid, a few hours before the conclave. This was stated by the microphones. “Now I can say it publicly,” said Camino, adding that he received this message from Robert Francis Prevost “at 23:48 on May 6.
“We have an excellent relationship, we love each other a lot”explained Father Ángel, who said he met him when the then prior of the order of San Agustín and he began to exchange correspondence. Since then, they said, they maintained a very close relationship.
Road described the new Pontiff as “A deeply human man, deeply cultured, deeply Christian, Augustinian to the medulla”. He added that he is a charismatic person, with a clearly pastoral and missionary profile. “I am convinced that Francisco could have seen a Pope in him”he said, suggesting that the appointment of Leo XIV was not a surprise for those who knew him closely.
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The link of Leo XIV and Pope Francis
Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, has maintained UNa close relationship with Pope Francisespecially in his work in the Vatican. Prevost was head of the office that examines the nominations of the bishops, a key position within the Catholic Church. The new Pope is considered a reformer and progressive, similar to Francisco.
Leo XIV has a strong link with Latin America, having spent many years as a missionary in Peru before being a bishop of Chiclayo.
The link of Leo XIV with Latin America
Your fluid Spanish, His sensitivity to Latin American culture And his closeness to Pope Francis’s thought positions him as a natural successor, although without the expansive charism of the deceased pontiff.
In the halls of the Vatican, many perceive it as a “bridge” between two churches: the institutional and the popular; that of the global northern and the southern. In a context in which names from Africa, Asia and Latin America sounded, the choice of an American with Latin heart surprised, but also aroused hope in various sectors of the church.
Source: Ambito
