TIME magazine has revealed its new cover showing first US Pope Leo XIV.
The new pontiff is a dual citizen of the US and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as an archbishop.
That makes him the first pope from each country.
New pope ‘a source of pride’ for Peruvians
Yesterday’s election of Pope Leo XIV, an American who spent time in Peru, has been hailed by faithful in the Latin American nation.
The new pontiff is a dual citizen of the US and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as an archbishop.
In Peru’s capital, Lima, the bells of the cathedral rang out after the news was announced.
“For us Peruvians, it is a source of pride that this is a pope who represents our country,” said elementary school teacher Isabel Panez, who was near the cathedral when the identity of the new pope was announced.
“We would like him to visit us here in Peru.”
Reverend Edinson Farfan, bishop of Chiclayo, said: “He will be very sensitive to the social doctrine of the Church and will undoubtedly be attentive to the signs of the times.”
New pope ‘will certainly speak out for marginalised and poor’
Ruth Gledhill, an assistant editor at the Catholic journal, The Tablet, has said Pope Leo XIV is definitely not a “compromise candidate”.
“He’s already been outspoken about what’s happening in America at the moment on the X account that he was running very actively before the conclave, before the election,” he said.
“And he is really a man of huge principle. He is a bridge builder, so I’m not sure that he will be really conflict-oriented in terms of going up against people. He will try to build bridges.
“But he will certainly speak out in the tradition of Pope Francis for the marginalised, the poor and the people on the fringes of society.”
JD Vance welcomes first American pope
JD Vance, who was baptised Catholic in 2019 and notably met Pope Francis in the days before his death, has hailed the news about the new pontiff.
Here is what he wrote on X…
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