President Donald Trump and other leaders congratulated on Thursday as he became the first American to lead the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.
"It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope," Trump wrote on the Truth Social website. "What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!
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WATCH HEREMuch of the reaction was positive, praising Leo for his compassion for immigrants and concern for the environment, but he received criticism too. A group representing sexual abuse victims of priests and other church officials alleged that he mishandled abuse complaints.
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SIGN UP That Leo was chosen pope came as a surprise to many who believed that the United States was already seen as too powerful to have the papacy also.
The governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, called the Chicago native's election "a historic moment."
A historic moment as we witness the first American leading the Catholic Church.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker)
Hailing from Chicago, Pope Leo XIV ushers in a new chapter that I join those in our state welcoming in at a time when we need compassion, unity, and peace.
Fellow Chicagoans, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, meanwhile, offered their prayers.
"Michelle and I send our congratulations to a fellow Chicagoan, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV," former president Barack Obama said in a post on X, adding that "we will pray for him as he begins the sacred work of leading the Catholic Church and setting an example for so many, regardless of faith."
And Rep. Chuy Garcia of Chicago kept his reaction simple.
Da Pope.
— Congressman Chuy García (@RepChuyGarcia)
Leo was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955, but he spent years in Peru, where he was first a missionary and then an archbishop. He has spent a third of his life in Peru and a third in Italy and so is not typically thought of as an American, a Vatican analyst, Christopher White, told 온라인카지노사이트 News.
The Catholic Legal Network took note of his background when it said it hoped he would prioritize the voices and needs of migrants. Like Pope Francis before him, he will have an important role in reminding the world of the necessity for solidarity with immigrants, it said. As the bishop of the city of Chiclayo in Peru, he was aware of the conditions that forced migration and vulnerabilities of the migrants, it said.
"Pope Leo XIV's long history of working with marginalized communities, including immigrants, gives us confidence that he will continue to build on the Church's rich tradition of advocacy for the most vulnerable," said Anna Gallagher, the network's executive director.
Leo is a member of the religious Order of St. Augustine, which was founded in 1244 in Italy, and was elected its prior general, or leader.
The criticized his response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church while an Augustinian official as inadequate. SNAP officials say that he allowed an accused priest to live in a friary in Chicago, near a Catholic elementary school. They also say that while in Chiclayo, he failed to open an investigation into complaints against another priest.
“You can end the abuse crisis — the only question is, will you?” SNAP asked of Leo in a press release.
a website covering the Catholic Church, wrote before Leo's election, that he had not commented on the accusation about the priest in Chicago. As far as the complaints in Chiclayo, the diocese there responded that he took the necessary steps to address the allegations, according to The Pillar.
Former Vice President Al Gore, known for his efforts to curb global warming, praised the new pontiff's concern for the environment and his call for action on the crisis facing the world.
What a wonderful decision by the Conclave to choose the first American Pope! Leo XIV, when he was a Cardinal, urged the world to move “from words to action” on the environmental crisis facing the world. His leadership as Pope will be so crucial on this vitally important issue.
— Al Gore (@algore)
The archbishop of Philadelphia, Nelson Jesus Pérez, described the new pope a "wonderful, gentle, profound man of God." Perez said Leo was "a great gift to the church and the world."
And the Rev. James Martin, editor at large of the Catholic publication 'America,' wrote that his selection was a "brilliant choice."
"I know Pope Leo XIV to be a kind, open, humble, modest, decisive, hard-working, straightforward, trustworthy, and down-to-earth man," he wrote on X.
