In a message sent Friday following the selection of Cardinal Robert Prebust as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Araguchi offered to congratulate him.
“In an age when the world is rarely plagued by injustice and cruelty, poverty and inequality, war and bloodshed, the global attention to the election of the new Pope reflects a common hope for religion and religious teaching, and a religion and teaching to prevent the domination of moral vices over humanity.”
On Thursday, the Cardinal was elected Thursday as the successor to the late Pope Francis after two days of discussion and vote for the Cardinal. The new Pope, named Leo XIV, is 69 years old and originally from Chicago, Illinois. He was the first American to lead the Catholic Church.
When Prevost was a Cardinal, he served in Latin America for many years, spent 10 years at Trujillo, Peru, and most recently Prevost served as bishop at Chiclayo from 2014 to 2023.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known as Pope Francis, passed away at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke following his recent recovery from pneumonia.
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