Pope Leo XIV
Who He Is – How He Thinks – What Awaits Him and Us
He is the first American to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics throughout the world: Robert Francis Prevost, born in 1955, was elected in a surprisingly short conclave to succeed Pope Francis and took the name of Leo XIV. He was superior of the Augustinian Order in Rome und bishop in Peru before Pope Francis brought him to the Vatican Curia as recently as 2023, giving him responsibility for the selection of Catholic bishops on a global scale and making him an archbishop and cardinal. Despite this stellar career, his name was missing from the lists of the betting shops – but now all eyes are on him: Who is he? How does he think? What history does he bring with him, what has shaped him and what is important to him? What tasks await him and how has he positioned himself on them so far? What does the choice of his papal name mean? What significance does this have for the Church’s future course? Stefan von Kempis, who knows the Roman actors like no other, introduces the new pope: the man behind the office, what awaits him and what we can expect.
- Presented in words and pictures
- The personality, positions and agenda
- By Vatican expert Stefan von Kempis
