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Montevideo, June 12th 2025 - 13:09 UTC

Tag: Pope Leo XIV

  • Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Peru sends mission to update Pope Leo XIV's ID

    Pope Leo XIV had a new picture for his new Peruvian ID

    Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) spent over US$ 30,000 to send four officials to the Vatican to update the National Identity Card (DNI) of Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost is a naturalized Peruvian since 2015. The mission was framed within the “Identification without Borders” campaign to provide registry services to Peruvians in Italy and train consulate staff in Rome and Milan.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 06:06 UTC

    Vatican has a long track record of mediation, including Argentina, Chile, Cuba

    Pope Leo XIV walks down to greet journalists at a meeting in the Paul VI audience hall ten days ago 2025.

    Washington, Kyiv and several of its European allies welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s offer to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican. In recent decades, the Holy See has played a key role in helping resolve a number of international conflicts.

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentine FM holds meeting with Pope Leo XIV

    Pope Leo XIV “said he wanted to come” to Argentina, Werthein explained

    Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein met Monday with Pope Leo XIV on his first official day as pontiff, discussing President Javier Milei's upcoming visit to the Vatican in the coming weeks.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

    Trump congratulates Prevost on becoming the first US-born Pope

    Trump said he looked forward to meeting Leo XIV

    US President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost Martinez on being the first American-born pope, who chose to be known as Leo XIV. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, was praised by Trump on Truth Social as a great honor for the country.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 18:35 UTC

    US Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV

    “It was a great pleasure for me to work in Peru,” Leo XIV said in Spanish

    US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez was elected Thursday as the new head of the Catholic Church to succeed the Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis). The new pontiff chose to be called Leo XIV. The first American pope, who belongs to the Order of St Augustine (OSA), also holds Peruvian citizenship after spending a large portion of his clergical life in the South American country.

 

 

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