Papst Leo XIV. stellt sich vor
Am Donnerstag haben die 133 am Konklave in Rom teilnehmenden Kardinäle einen neuen Papst gewählt. Es handelt sich um den US-Amerikaner Robert Francis Prevost. Der 69-Jährige wird den Namen Leo XIV. tragen.
Das schönste vielleicht am Ende dieses Textes. Der Moment als Papst Leo XIV. die Mittelloggia betrat war ein Moment, in dem ihm die Herzen der Menschen zuflogen. Auch etwas anderes ist erkennbar passiert: Dem Papst ging ebenfalls sichtbar das Herz auf. Von der Situation ergriffen und dabei dennoch beherrscht richtete er seine ersten Worte als Papst an die Menschen auf der Piazza und in der ganzen Welt. Der erste Eindruck war der Eindruck eines ruhigen, besonnenen, konzentrierten und fokussierten Mannes, der sehr genau weiß, dass dies Amt einen Menschen nur überfordern kann. Er bat die Menschen auf der Piazza mit ihm das Ave Maria zu beten. Nicht jeder ist ein großer Beter – der lausige Alltag – doch wenn wir alle jeden Tag ein Ave Maria für Papst Leo XIV. beten, wird er von einer Welle des Gebets getragen werden und wir alle wissen, wie sehr die Gottesmutter den Papst liebt. Er muss eine Menge für uns tun, tun wir diese Kleinigkeit für ihn. Freude über den neuen Papst
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Der neue Bischof von Rom wurde am Fest Kreuz-Erhöhung 14. September 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, in eine internationale Familie hineingeboren: der Vater, Louis Marius Prevost, französischer und italienischer Abstammung, die Mutter, Mildred Martínez, hingegen spanischer Abstammung. Er hat zwei Brüder, Louis Martín und John Joseph.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.
Summary
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a former prefect of the influential Dicastery for Bishops, is a Chicago-born prelate with views close to Pope Francis who spent many years as a missionary in Peru before being elected head of the Augustinians for two consecutive terms.
Born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) in 1977 and made his solemn vows in 1981.
His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Villanova University in 1977, a Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and both a licentiate and doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. His doctoral thesis was on “The role of the local prior in the Order of Saint Augustine.”
His career in the Church has been marked by significant roles and achievements. After his ordination as a priest in 1982, Prevost joined the Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985 and served as chancellor of the Territorial Prélature of Chulucanas from 1985 to 1986.
He spent the year 1987 to 1988 in the United States as pastor for vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian Province of Chicago before returning to Peru where he spent the next ten years heading the Augustinian seminary in Trujillo and teaching canon law in the diocesan seminary, where he was also prefect of studies. He also served in other capacities there, including as a parish pastor, diocesan official, director of formation, seminary teacher, and judicial vicar.
In 1999, he returned to Chicago and was elected provincial prior of the “Mother of Good Counsel” province in the archdiocese. Two and a half years later he was elected prior general of the Augustinian and served two terms until 2013.
In 2014, he returned to Peru when Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo. He was elevated to Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015. While there, he also served as vice-president and member of the permanent council of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference from 2018 to 2023.
During that time, Peru’s bishops reportedly played an important role in ensuring institutional stability during the successive political crises that led to the overthrows of successive presidents.
In 2020 and 2021, Prevost served as apostolic administrator of Callao, Peru.
Pope Francis appointed Prevost prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in January 2023, a powerful position responsible for selecting bishops, a position he held until Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. On September 30, 2023, Pope Francis elevated Prevost to the rank of Cardinal.
During his first months as prefect, then-Archbishop Prevost continued to remain characteristically discreet in the media, but was reportedly appreciated for his ability to listen and his mastery of issues. Aleteia reported that a French bishop who met him two months after he took office praised his “judicious questions” and his ability to synthesize, stressing that this first contact had left him with a “good impression.”
On key topics, Cardinal Prevost says little but some of his positions are known. He is reportedly very close to Francis’ vision regarding the environment, outreach to the poor and migrants, and meeting people where they are. He said last year “the bishop is not supposed to be a little prince sitting in his kingdom.”
He supported Pope Francis’ change in pastoral practice to allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion. Prevost appears somewhat less favorable to currying favor with the LGBTQ lobby than Francis, but he showed mild support for Fiducia Supplicans.1
Prevost has faced some controversy regarding clergy sexual abuse although he has been defended in both instances.2 The cardinal’s supporters stress his innocence and say the cases have been inaccurately and unfairly reported in the media.
The first case involves his handling of a sexual abuse case during his time as provincial of the Augustinian Province of Chicago (1999-2001), when a priest convicted of sexual abuse of minors was allowed to stay at an Augustinian priory near an elementary school and continue functions as a priest until later removed, and then laicized in 2012. However, Prevost is said to have never authorized that particular situation, the priest was not an Augustinian, and it took place before the Dallas Charter.3
More recently, questions were raised about Prevost’s knowledge and handling of abuse allegations in his former Diocese of Chiclayo. Two priests were accused of molesting three young girls, with the allegations surfacing in April 2022 during Prevost’s tenure as bishop. The case has been a source of frustration for local Catholics due to its slow progress and unclear resolution.
Some accusers have claimed Prevost failed to properly investigate the allegations and covered up for the accused priest, but the diocese has firmly denied this, stating that Prevost followed proper procedures. They stated that Prevost personally received and attended to the victims, and reportedly opened an initial canonical investigation. He also encouraged the victims to take the case to the civil authorities. In July 2022, Prevost sent the results of the investigation to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) for review. His supporters stress that he has documents from the DDF and the Papal Nunciature in Peru which also indicate that he was not only attentive to the presumed victims, but that he did all required in Church law in following procedures set out for these cases.4
However, in May 2025 allegations emerged that the diocese paid $150,000 to the three girls to silence them. Described as “longtime public critics of Prevost,” the girls reportedly blame Prevost for covering up their sexual abuse by the priest.
The allegations, reported in InfoVaticana, described the Peruvian scandal, which was the subject of a national television report including an interview with the girls last fall, as the “stone in the shoe for Cardinal Prevost.”
Ahead of the 2025 Conclave, Cardinal Prevost was being promoted as a possible compromise candidate if leading candidates were unable to obtain enough votes. His lengthy missionary service in Peru allowed him to be seen as a more universal candidate than American which mitigated problems associated with choosing a pope from a superpower in his case.
However, there was speculation that he might be considered too young and too recently made a cardinal to be seriously considered papabile with any significant chance of being elected. Continued questions over his handling of sexual abuse have also cast a cloud over his prospects.
Cardinal Prevost is a member of seven Vatican dicasteries as well as the Commission for the Governance (Governatorato) of Vatican City State, indicating how much Pope Francis trusted the cardinal and valued his administrative abilities.
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Cardinal Prevost on Blessing Same-Sex Couples
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Although he expressed reservations about “sympathy for beliefs and practices that contradict the gospel,” Cardinal Prevost showed less clarity about Fiducia supplicans, stressing the need for national bishops’ conferences to have doctrinal authority to interpret and apply such directives in their local contexts, given cultural differences. He therefore did not fully endorse nor reject the document.
Prevost is a strong supporter of synodality. He has been described as a “vocal proponent” of Pope Francis’ emphasis on making the Church’s structures more inclusive and participatory, seeing synodality as a way to address polarization within the Church. He connects synodality with the need for consultation and lay involvement.
Die passende Tageslesung
Hier ist Wasser. Was steht meiner Taufe noch im Weg?
Lesung
aus der Apostelgeschichte.
In jenen Tagen
26 sagte ein Engel des Herrn zu Philíppus:
Steh auf und geh nach Süden
auf der Straße, die von Jerusalem nach Gaza hinabführt!
Sie führt durch eine einsame Gegend.
27Und er stand auf und ging.
Und siehe, da war ein Äthiópier, ein Kämmerer,
Hofbeamter der Kandáke, der Königin der Äthiópier,
der über ihrer ganzen Schatzkammer stand.
Dieser war gekommen, um in Jerusalem anzubeten,
28 und fuhr jetzt heimwärts.
Er saß auf seinem Wagen
und las den Propheten Jesája.
29Und der Geist sagte zu Philíppus: Geh und folge diesem Wagen!
30Philíppus lief hin
und hörte ihn den Propheten Jesája lesen.
Da sagte er: Verstehst du auch, was du liest?
31Jener antwortete:
Wie könnte ich es, wenn mich niemand anleitet?
Und er bat den Philíppus, einzusteigen
und neben ihm Platz zu nehmen.
32Der Abschnitt der Schrift, den er las, lautete:
Wie ein Schaf wurde er zum Schlachten geführt;
und wie ein Lamm, das verstummt, wenn man es schert,
so tat er seinen Mund nicht auf.
33In der Erniedrigung wurde seine Verurteilung aufgehoben.
Seine Nachkommen, wer wird von ihnen berichten?
Denn sein Leben wurde von der Erde fortgenommen.
34Der Kämmerer wandte sich an Philíppus
und sagte: Ich bitte dich, von wem sagt der Prophet das?
Von sich selbst oder von einem anderen?
35Da tat Philíppus seinen Mund auf
und, ausgehend von diesem Schriftwort,
verkündete er ihm das Evangelium von Jesus.
36Als sie nun weiterzogen, kamen sie zu einer Wasserstelle.
Da sagte der Kämmerer: Siehe, hier ist Wasser.
Was steht meiner Taufe noch im Weg?
37Er ließ den Wagen halten
und beide, Philíppus und der Kämmerer,
stiegen in das Wasser hinab
und er taufte ihn.
39Als sie aber aus dem Wasser stiegen,
entrückte der Geist des Herrn den Philíppus.
Der Kämmerer sah ihn nicht mehr
und er zog voll Freude auf seinem Weg weiter.
40Den Philíppus aber sah man in Aschdod wieder.
Und er wanderte durch alle Städte
und verkündete das Evangelium,
bis er nach Cäsaréa kam.
Prevost ist ein starker Befürworter der Synodalität. Er wurde als „lautstarker Befürworter“ von Papst Franziskus beschrieben, der sich dafür einsetzt, die Strukturen der Kirche inklusiver und partizipatorischer zu gestalten, und sieht in der Synodalität eine Möglichkeit, der Polarisierung innerhalb der Kirche zu begegnen. Er verbindet die Synodalität mit der Notwendigkeit von Konsultation und Laienbeteiligung.
Prevost is outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change. He recently stressed that the Church must move “from words to action,” warning against the “harmful” consequences of unchecked technological development and advocating for a reciprocal, non-tyrannical relationship with the environment. He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities.