US EditionPope Leo XIV's Official Portrait Has Been Released
- In early May, Robert Prevost, an American cardinal, was elected as the 267th pope and took the name Leo XIV, ascending to the papal seat at St. Peter's.
- His election occurred after a conclave that concluded on the fourth ballot, with Prevost having spent much of his ecclesiastical service as the Bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.
- In his first public acts, Leo XIV emphasized peace, called for multilateral diplomacy, promoted interreligious dialogue, and affirmed traditional family values.
- The Vatican released his official portrait with over 4,700 shares and 1,200 likes in three hours, while he addressed an estimated crowd of 150,000 people.
- Leo XIV set peace as a central goal, urging ending weapons production and careful speech, and prepared for formal installation with global diplomatic greetings.
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The Vatican Publishes the Official Portrait of Pope Leo XIV, with a Smiling Face and the Latin Signature
The Vatican distributed this Friday the official portrait of Pope Leo XVI in which he appears with the habit of cutting white and with his cross with the relics of Saint Augustine and Saint Monica, in homage to the order of the Augustinians to which he belongs. Below the photograph appears, as usual, his Latin signature, with the name “Leo” and with the abbreviation “pp” (Pontifex Pontificum, which means something like pontiff of the pontiffs) a…
The Official Photo of Leo XIV: with His Latin Signature and the Reliquary Cross
In the image that will be used to give to the faithful on special occasions or on the Vatican websites, Prevost appears with a half smile and carrying the golden pectoral cross with which he presented himself to the world on May 8th. Read
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