First American Papa: Cardinal Robert Brevost was chosen as a successor to Pope Francis

The Vatican City – Of the 266 Popes who led the Catholic Church, one of them was from the United States. Until Thursday. Cardinal voters met for the papal team of an American from among their ranks on Thursday to be the new Bond. Chicago baby Cardinal Robert Brevost He was elected and before his fate as the upcoming Bishop of Rome, the leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world. Liu chose the fourteenth as the papal name.

While the relative youth of the nation, he served less than 20 of the preceding popes of the Church after the announcement of American independence in 1776, one of the prominent American bishop presented a possible explanation for the lack of an American leader of Catholics in the world a day before his election.

Robron Baron, Bishop of the Winuna -Roxter diocese in Minnesota, was appointed less than a week ago by President Trump to the New White House of Religious Freedom Committee. This week, however, it was in the Vatican with hundreds of other bishops such as Cardinal voters gather to Good To choose New back.

Baron spent days speaking with Cardin Election of the new Pope – They also tried to know among themselves who would be better to lead the Church.

“Cardinal George of Chicago, from a happy memory, was one of the great guides, and said:“ Look, until America enters into the political decline, there will be no American door. ”His point of view was, if America was running somewhat politically, culturally and economic, it does not want America to manage the world religiously.

But this trend was reversed on Thursday, and the name Prevost appeared again and again in the midst of gossip on the top competitors for the role of ink.

It was undoubtedly eligible, as the only clear qualifications for the role of ink were for the male and Roman candidates to be. But the emerging on top, with the necessary support for more than two -thirds of the Cardinal voters, requires more than just eligibility.

Originally from Chicago, Prevost was the head of the Church of Bishops. The strong position means that it supervised the choice of the new bishops.

For any basic voters, they may have been suspended by the American Prevost nationality, it is not only one. He is a double citizen, who holds citizenship in the United States and Peru, where he has served for many years.

While Prevost is generally seen as medium, in some major social issues that he considered progressive. He long embraced marginalized groups, such as Francis, who defended immigrants and the poor.

However, like Pope Francis, the Illinois citizen opposes the will of women as a cash, for example, so at that point, he is seen as conservative in the church belief.

He contributed to this report.

Chris Livay

Chris Livay is a foreign correspondent for CBS News in Rome.