# Mopapa Leo 14

| Pope Leo la bo 14 |
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| Mopišopo wa Roma |
| Leo la bo 14 ka 2025 |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Installed | May 8, 2025 |
| Predecessor | Francis |
| Previous post(s) | * Prior Provincial of Our Mother of Good Counsel (1998–2001)
* Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine (2001–2013)
* Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014–2015)
* Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (2014–2015)
* Bishop of Chiclayo (2015–2023)
* Apostolic Administrator of Callao (2020–2021)
* Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops (2023–2025)
* President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2023–2025)
* Cardinal Deacon of Santa Monica (2023–2025)
* Cardinal Bishop of Albano (2025)
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| Orders |
| Ordination | June 19, 1982 by Jean Jadot |
| Consecration | December 12, 2014 by James Green |
| Created cardinal | September 30, 2023 by Francis |
| Rank | * Cardinal deacon (2023–2025)
* Cardinal bishop (2025)
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| Personal details |
| Born | Robert Francis Prevost  (1955-09-14) Lewedi 14, 1955 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Citizenship | * United States
* Peru (since 2015)
* Vatican City (since 2023)
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| Residence | Apostolic Palace |
| Education | * Villanova University (BS)
* Catholic Theological Union (MDiv)
* Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (JCL, JCD)
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| Motto | *In illo Uno unum* (Latin for 'Go o tee, re selo setee') |
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| History |
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| Diaconal ordination |
| Ordained by | Thomas Gumbleton |
| Date | September 10, 1981 |
| Place | St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan |
| Priestly ordination |
| Ordained by | Jean Jadot |
| Date | June 19, 1982 |
| Place | Santa Monica degli Agostiniani, Rome |
| Episcopal consecration |
| Principal consecrator | James Green |
| Co-consecrators | * Jesús Moliné Labarte
* Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón
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| Date | December 12, 2014 |
| Place | St. Mary's Cathedral, Chiclayo |
| Cardinalate |
| Elevated by | Francis |
| Date | September 30, 2023 |

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**Mopapa Leo la bo 14** (O belegwe e le **Robert Francis Prevost**, ka letsatsi la 14 la kgwedi ya Lewedi 1955) ke hlogo ya Catholic Church le molaodi wa Vatican City State. O ile a kgethwa mo 2025 papal conclave e le mohlahlami wa Pope Francis.

Prevost o belegilwe Chicago, Illinois, mme a hōlwa toropong e gauswi ya Dolton. O ile a ba friar wa Order of Saint Augustine ka 1977 mme a bewa e le moruti ka 1982. Tšebeletšo ya gagwe e akaretsa mosebetsi o montšhi wa missionary Peru ka bo-1980 le bo-1990, moo a neng a šoma e le moruti wa pharishe, ofisiri ya diocese, morutiši wa seminare, le molaodi. A kgethwa prior general wa Order of Saint Augustine go tšwa 2001 go ya 2013, a kgutlela Peru e le Bishop of Chiclayo go tšwa 2015 go ya 2023. Ka 2023, Pope Francis o ile a mo kgetha e le molaodi wa Dicastery for Bishops, a mo kgetha e le molaodi wa Pontifical Commission for Latin America, mme a mo dira cardinal.

E le cardinal, Prevost o ile a hatisa synodality, puisano ya missionary, le go šomišana le diphephetšo tša selegae le tša thekenoloji. O ile a šomišana le diphephetšo tša go bjalo ka climate change, go falla ga batho ka bophara, taolo ya kereke, le ditokelo tša batho, mme a bontšha tumellano le diphetoho tša Second Vatican Council.

Kgetho ya Prevost mo 2025 papal conclave e ne e sa lebelloa ke ba šomedi; e be e le mokganni wa go makatša, le ba ka gare ga Vatican ba dumelang gore mopapa a ka se hlahe go tšwa United States.

Leina la gagwe la papal name le ile la susumetšwa ke Pope Leo XIII, ya tšwago Catholic social teaching ya kajeno nakong ya Second Industrial Revolution.

Leo la bo 14 ke mopapa wa mathomo wa go belegwa United States le North America, wa mathomo wa go ba le tokelo ya ho ba moahi wa Peru (naturalized ka 2015), wa bobedi go tšwa the Americas (ka morago ga mohlahlami wa gagwe Francis), le wa mathomo go tšwa Order of Saint Augustine.

## Bophelo bja go hlaela, lelapa, le thuto

### Semelo le tšomšelelo ya lelapa

Main article: Family of Pope Leo la bo 14
Robert Francis Prevost o be a belegilwe ka letsatsi la 14 la kgwedi ya Lewedi 1955, kwa Insight Hospital and Medical Center mo tikologong ya Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District ya Chicago, Illinois, mo lehlakoreng la South Side ya toropo. Prevost o na le banab’abo ba babedi ba baholo, Louis Martín le John Joseph, mme o tšwa go ba ba Afrika, Mafora, Mataliana le Maspanishe. Mme wa gagwe, Mildred Agnes Prevost (née Martínez), o be a hlahiswa Chicago mo lelapeng la batho ba tšwa merabeng e fapaneng ya Louisiana Creole ba tšwago 7th Ward of New Orleans. O be a šoma e le morutiši le motlhokomedi wa dipalo kwa Mendel Catholic High School. Ntate wa gagwe, Louis Marius Prevost, o be a hlahile Chicago gape, a hōlile Hyde Park. O be a tšwa go Mataliana (leina la lelapa la pele la gagwe e be le Riggitano) le Mafora tšomšelelo. Louis Prevost e be e le lesole la United States Navy la World War II ya go laetša sekepe sa go lwa ka sesole sa maoto go Normandy landings mme a tšwela pele go šomiša Operation Dragoon ka boroa la Fora. A ba a ba molaodi wa Brookwood School District 167 kwa Glenwood, Illinois.

### Bophelo bja go hlaela le sekolo

Leha la bophelo bja go hlaela bja Prevost kwa Dolton, Illinois
A tsewa e le "Rob" ke lelapa la gagwe le "Bob" ke metswalle ge a se a godile, Prevost o be a holiswa Dolton, Illinois, e le toropo e kwa boroa le bophirima. O hōlile leparisheng ya Saint Mary of the Assumption Church kwa Riverdale e gaufi, moo a neng a ya sekolong, a bina ka kerekeng, le go dira e le mohlanka wa aletare. Prevost o be a lakaletša boprista go tšwa boseaneng, mme o ne a bapala Mass in the Catholic Church ka ntle le ntlo le banab’abo.
Go tšwa 1969 go ya 1973, Prevost o be a ya St. Augustine Seminary High School, e le minor seminary e gaufi le Saugatuck, Michigan; Bogolo bja bana ba sehlopha sa gagwe ba ile ba tlohela go ya go boprista. Go tšwa go ba bangata ba ba kgethilwego, Prevost e be e le e mong wa ba 13 ba ba fumanego setifikeiti sa go qeta mo sehlopheng sa gagwe. Mogolo wa gagwe, John, o gopola ka tsela yeo, go tšwa pheletsong ya mphato wa seswai, gape ka go tšwela pele ge a tsena Order of Saint Augustine, go fihla go lego kgole ga go le bjalo ge maikhutšo e ba dumeletše go kopana gape, Prevost o be a sa šome mo ntle le lelapa la bona. Kwa moithut wa Augustinian, o ile a hwetša lengwalo la thoriso ka go ithutela gabotse, a dula a hlaha ka tetho, a dira e le mohlophi wa pele wa yearbook, mme a ba mongodi wa lekgotla la barutwana le setho sa Mokgatlo wa Setšhaba wa Tlhompho.

Boholo bja bana ba sehlopha sa gagwe ba ile ba tlohela go ya go boprista. Go tšwa go ba bangata ba ba kgethilwego, Prevost e be e le e mong wa ba 13 ba ba fumanego setifikeiti sa go qeta mo sehlopheng sa gagwe.

### Yunibesithi

Ka 1973, Prevost o ne a tlo ya go ya Tolentine College, e le seminare ya Augustinian e Olympia Fields, Illinois, eupša e ile ya kwalwa ka ngwaga wo o tshwanetseng. O ile a ngodisa kapele kwa Villanova University, koleje ya Augustinian e gaufi le Philadelphia, moo a fumanego Bachelor of Science (BS) degree ka mathematics ka 1977. Kwa Villanova, o ile a nka dithuto tša boikgethelo ka Hebrew le Latin (seo se neng se bonwa e le se sa tlwaelega ka gonne o ne a sa ithute theology), a bala sengwalwa sa Saint Augustine, mme a buišana ka mosebetsi wa Karl Rahner le baithuti ba bangwe. Prevost o ne a boela a šoma e le mohlokomedi wa mabitla kwa Saint Denis Roman Catholic Church kwa Havertown, Pennsylvania, ge a ntse a ithuta kwa Villanova.

O ile a kgutlela kwa Hyde Park ya ntate wa gagwe go ya go fumana Master of Divinity (MDiv) go tšwa Catholic Theological Union ka 1982 mme a ruta physics le math kwa St. Rita of Cascia High School mo tikologong ya Wrightwood ya Chicago nakong ya dithuto tša gagwe. O ile a fumana Licentiate of Canon Law (JCL) ka 1984, a latela ka Doctor of Canon Law degree ka 1987, ka bobedi go tšwa Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas kwa Roma. Nakong ya nako ye, o ile a šoma ka bokgoni bja gagwe ba Italian language. Thesis ya gagwe ya bongaka e ne e le thuto ya karolo ya prior wa lehae ka Order of Saint Augustine. Villanova University e ile ya mo fa honorary Doctor of Humanities degree ka 2014.

## Bophelo bja mathomo bja mosebetsi (1977–1998)

### Tlhago le boprista ba mathomo

Prevost o ile a šomiša novitiate ya gagwe kwa Immaculate Conception Church kwa St. Louis, Missouri.
Ka Letsatsi la 1 la kgwedi ya Lewedi 1977, Prevost o ile a kena Order of Saint Augustine e le novice, a dula ngwaga o tee kwa Immaculate Conception Church mo tikologong ya Gate District ya St. Louis, Missouri. Ka lehlabula la 1978, Prevost o ile a šomiša dikgwedi tše tharo kwa Clinical Pastoral Education kwa Abbott Northwestern Hospital kwa Minneapolis. O ile a fallela Chicago, mme a nka first vows ka Letsatsi la 2 la kgwedi ya Lewedi 1978; a dira solemn vows tša gagwe ka Letsatsi la 29 la kgwedi ya Phato 1981. Ka Letsatsi la 10 la kgwedi ya Lewedi 1981, Prevost o ile a bewa modikone ke Thomas Gumbleton kwa St. Clare of Montefalco Parish kwa Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Prevost o ile a bewa moprista kwa Roma, kwa Kereke ya Santa Monica degli Agostiniani ke Mopišopo-mogolo Jean Jadot ka Letsatsi la 19 la kgwedi ya Phupu 1982.

### Mosebetsi wa Missionary kwa Peru

Prevost o ile a kena mo mosebetsing wa Augustinian wa Peru ka 1985, a šoma e le mokhanselara wa Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas (1985–1986). Ka 1987, ka morago ga go sireletša thesis ya gagwe ya bongaka, o ne a le motsamaisi wa vocation le motsamaisi wa missions wa Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel kwa Olympia Fields, Illinois, mme a šoma le faculty ya Augustinian Novitiate kwa Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, pele a kgutlela Peru ka 1988. Nakong ya nako ye a neng a le Peru, Prevost o ile a kopana le go ananela Dominican priest le setsebi sa theology Gustavo Gutierrez, mothehi wa liberation theology. O boela a ithutile le go tseba Spanish language nakong ye.

Prevost o ile a šomiša lilemo tše lesomego a etela pele seminare ya Augustinian kwa Trujillo, a ruta canon law seminare ya diocese, a šoma e le motsamaisi wa dithuto, a šoma e le moahlodi mo lekgotleng la ecclesiastical court la setereke, mme a šoma ka parishe ya toropo mo mathomong a yona. O ile a atleha mo boitekong bja Augustinians ba go kgoboketša MaPeru bakeng sa boprista le maemo a taolo mo taolong. O ile a hlophiša tšehetšo bakeng sa baphaphathehi ba Venezuela go Peru leha go na le kgethollo kgahlanong le MaVenezuela.

Nakong ya nako ya Fujimorato, Prevost o ile a nyatsa ditho tša Moporesidente wa mehleng Alberto Fujimori, a bea kgatelopele e kgolo ho didirwa tša Peruvian Army, haholo-holo Colina Group, nakong ya period of terrorism in Peru, hammoho le bobolu ba dipolotiki. Ka 2017, o ile a nyatsa qeto ya Mopresidente Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ya go pholosa Fujimori, mme a kopa Fujimori "go kopa tshwarelo ka boyena bakeng sa tšona tše kgolo tšeo di dirilwego tša ho hloka toka". Lilemo tše a neng a le Peru di ile tša mo fa tsebo ya botho ka pefo ya dipolotiki le ho se lekane, a ya ho feta ho tsamaea ka pere mebileng e thata ka lebaka la boitlamo ba gagwe ba boromuoa ho baahi ba ikarotseng dikholong tša Lambayeque. O ile a boela a ipabola e le mosireletsi wa ditokelo tša botho tša baahi ba Norte Chico kgahlanong le pefo ya mokgatlo wa Marxist–Leninist–Maoist wa guerrilla Shining Path.

## Prior provincial le prior general (1998–2013)

Ka 1998, Prevost o ile a kgethwa Prior Provincial wa Order of St. Augustine ya Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel e thehilwego Chicago, a nka karolo ka la 8 Moranang 1999. Ka 2000, o ile a dumella James Ray, moprista wa Augustinian, go dula St. John Stone Friary kwa Chicago tlasa taolo. Ray o ne a emisitswe tšwa tšebeletsong ya setjhaba ho tloha ka 1991 ka lebaka la diqoso tše ka tšebeliso e mpe ya motlotlo ka banabana. Ho bea ha Prevost ha Ray le ha a le haufi le St. Thomas School e bile taba ya go tlaleha ka 2021, pele a kgethwa Vatican. Ray o ile a fallisetšwa ntlong e nngwe ka 2002 ka morago ga bishopo ba Amerika ba kenya tšebetsong melao e thata.

O ile a kgethwa Prior General wa Order of Saint Augustine ka 2001, Prevost a šoma ditherisong tše pedi tše latelanago, tša lilemo tše tshela go fihla ka 2013. Nakong ya taolo ya gagwe e le hlogo ya lefase ya taolo ya Augustinian, Prevost o ne a dula le go šoma kwa Roma, eupša a fapana le ho tsamaea lefatšeng ka bophara. E ne e le ka bokgoni bjo ka 2004, a etela Buenos Aires mme a kopana le Khadinale Mopišopo Jorge Mario Bergoglio ka nako ya mathomo. Dikopano tša bona tša pele ho bonahala di sa ka tša ya hantle. Prevost hamorao o ile a hlalosa hore ka nako eo, o ne a nahana hore a ke ke a ba mopišopo ka mor’a hore Bergoglio a khethoe e le mopapa ka 2013, empa o hanne ho senola hore na qalong ba ile ba hanana ka eng. Leha ho le joalo, ba ile ba khona ho lokisa liphapang tsa bona pele Prevost a tloha Roma ho ea Chicago ka 2013.

Go tšwa 2013 go ya 2014, Prevost o ile a šoma e le motsamaisi wa tlhago kwa Convent of St. Augustine kwa Chicago, le e le motsamaisi wa pele le motlatsi wa provense wa Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel.

## Mopišopo wa Chiclayo (2015–2023)

St. Mary's Cathedral kwa Chiclayo, Peru, moo Prevost e neng e le mopišopo wa diocese go tšwa 2015 go ya 2023
Ka la 3 Dibatsela 2014, Mopapa Francis o ile a kgetha Prevost e le apostolic administrator wa Diocese of Chiclayo kwa leboea la Peru le titular bishop wa Sufar. O ile a kgethwa ka la 12 Dibokwane 2014, kwa St. Mary's Cathedral in Chiclayo ke Mopišopo-mogolo James Green, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru. Ka la 26 Diphalane 2015, o ile a rewa Mopišopo wa Chiclayo. Joalo ka ha ho hlokahala ke tumellano ya 1980 pakeng tša Holy See le Peru, Prevost o ile a ba naturalized Peruvian citizen pele a ba mopišopo. Joalo ka ha bongata ba tšebeletšo ya Prevost ya pele kwa Peru e ne e le metseng ya Trujillo le Chulcanas, o ne a sa tsejoe ke baruti le baahi ba diocese e ncha. Baruti ba Chiclayo bao Prevost a neng a sebetsa le bona mme a dula le bona ba hlokometše bokgoni ba gagwe ba Sepanishe, bo neng bo le betere ho feta ba baruti ba Amerika ba neng ba sebetse tikologong eo.

Ka la 13 Mosegamanye 2019, Prevost o ile a kgethwa setho sa Congregation for the Clergy, mme ka la 15 Moranang 2020, a ba apostolic administrator wa Callao. Ka la 21 Dibatsela 2020, a kena Congregation for Bishops. Ka hare ho Episcopal Conference of Peru, o ile a šoma lekgotleng le sa fetoheng (2018–2020) mme a kgethwa mopresidente wa Komisi ya Thuto le Setso ka 2019, a boela a kenya letsoho ho Caritas Peru. Ge e le mopišopo, o ile a theha Komisi ya Diocese ya Integral Ecology mme a kgetha mosadi go e etella pele. Prevost o ne a na le kopano ya poraefete le Mopapa Francis ka la 1 Moranang 2021, e ileng ya baka kgatelopele ya maikutlo ka karolo e ncha Chicago goba Roma.

Prevost e le Mopišopo wa Chiclayo ka 2018, a bua ka bofuma bo fetelletseng mo seterekeng (ka Sepanishe)
Prevost o ile a qosoa ka go patela Catholic Church sexual abuse cases nakong ya nako ye a neng a le Chiclayo. Ka 2022, ba hlasetšwego ba tlhekefetso ka 2007 ke baruti Ricardo Yesquén Paiva le Eleuterio Vásquez Gonzáles ba itse hore Diocese of Chiclayo e ile ya hloleha ho batlisisa nyewe ya bona. Diocese of Chiclayo e boletse hore Prevost o ile a latela mekhoa e nepahetseng, a kopana le Ana María Quispe le banababo ba basadi ka Moranang 2022 ho ya ho thusa ka boyena ba hlokofalitsoeng, a ba kgothaletsa ho qala ketso ya lekgotla, mme a qala dipatlisiso tsa canonical, dipoelo tseo a di rometseng ho Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Banababo ba basadi ba boletse ka 2024 hore ha ho na dipatlisiso tse felletseng tsa canonical tsa kotlo tse etsahaletseng, mme dipatlisiso tsa América Televisión di fihletse qeto ya hore dipatlisiso tsa kereke di ne di sa phethahala.

Ha a bua le koranta ya Peru La República ge e le Mopišopo wa Chiclayo, Prevost o itse: "Haeba o le motho ya hlokofalitsoeng ke tlhekefetso ya motlotlo ke moprista, e tlalehe. Re hana ho patela le ho ipatile; seo se baka kotsi e kgolo. Re tlameha ho thusa batho ba hlokofalitsoeng ka lebaka la phoso." Moqolotsi wa litaba Pedro Salinas, ya ileng a batlisisa le ho pepesa ditlolo tsa molao tse entsweng ke litho tsa Sodalitium Christianae Vitae ya seng e sa sebetseng—ho kenyeletswa tlhekefetso ya motlotlo, 'mele le kelello—o ile a re Prevost o lula a bontša tšehetšo ya hae ho bahlaselwa mme e ne e le e mong wa ba bohlale ba kereke ba ka tšepehang Peru, e leng se ileng sa etsa hore Mopapa Francis a mo kgethe e le motsamaisi wa bishopo. Salinas o ngotse hore ba bang ba baruti ba Peru ba amanang le Sodalitium ba ne ba leka ho hlasela le ho nyenyefatsa Prevost ka boiphetetso bakeng sa karolo ya hae ho qhobellong ha Sodalitium ke Mopapa Francis ka lebaka la mahlabaphio a tlhekefetso ya motlotlo, hammoho le ho ba haufi le thuto ya dipolotiki ya Francis.

## Dicastery for Bishops le cardinalate (2023–2025)

Khadinale Prevost nakong ya Consistory ka 2023
Mopapa Francis o ne a le haufi le Prevost mme a ntšetsa pele mosebetsi wa hae. Ka la 30 Pherekgong 2023, Francis o ile a kgetha Prevost khadinale ka boemo ba khadinale-deacon mme a mo abela deaconry ya Santa Monica degli Agostiniani. Joalo ka motsamaisi, o ile a bapala karolo ya bohlokwa ho tlhahlobisong le ho kgothaletsong ya bakhethoa ba episcopal lefatšeng ka bophara, a eketsa ponahalo ya hae ka har’a kereke. Mekgwa ena e ile ya phahamisetsa boemo ba hae e le mokhethoa wa mopapa a lebile ho conclave. Ka Diphalane 2023, Francis o ile a mo kgetha e le setho sa tše dingwe tše supileng tša dicasteries, mme a boela a mo reha ho Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State.

Ka la 6 Hlakola 2025, Francis o ile a phahamisetsa Prevost ho khadinale-bishop, a mo abela e le titular bishop wa Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano. Ka la 11 Hlakola, o ile a kgethwa ho boemo le boemo ba Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta ke Grand Master Fra' John Dunlap. Prevost o ne a le mafolofolo ho Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council mme a nka karolo dikopanong tsa lekgotla Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, ka Mopitlo 2023.

## Bopapata (2025–kgopela)

### Kgetho

Leo la bo 14 a tsoka letsoho go tšwa go loggia ya St. Peter's Basilica go hlaha ka lekgetlo la pele la setjhaba
Ka pele ga kopano ya pele, Prevost o ne a nkuwa e le dark horse kgahlanong le papabili ba tsebahalago haholo, le ge a ne a hlokomediswa e le motswalle wa Pope Francis le mokgekolo wa go ka ba kgatelopele, Bochaba bja gagwe ba Amerika bo ne bo nkuwa e le tšhitiso ya kgatelopele ya gagwe, e bontšago go tshwenyega ka go matlafatsa matla a geopolitik a United States. Prevost o ne a tseba sena, a hlalosetsa motswalle wa gagwe ka molaetsa wa sethuthuthu: "Ke Moamerika, ga ke kgone go kgethwa". Ba mo tšehetsang ba ile ba bolela gore o emetse "boemo bo bo botšwa bo bo boteng".

Prevost o ile a kgethwa e le mopapa ka May 8, 2025, letsatsi la bobedi la conclave, ka kgetho ya bone. Mosi o mosweu o ile wa hlaha go tswa Sistine Chapel ka 18:07 CEST (UTC+2), o bontšha setjhaba gore mopapa o kgethilwe. Kamora go amogela kgetho ya gagwe le go nka papal name ya gagwe, Leo o ile a kopana le makadinale a gagwe ha a tswa Sistine Chapel. Mokadinale Dominique Mamberti, cardinal protodeacon, o ile a etsa phatlalatso ya setso ya Latin, *Habemus papam*, a tsebitsa Pope Leo la bo 14 setjhabeng ka lekgetlo la pele go tswa loggia ya bohareng ya St. Peter's Basilica. Go ya ka tswaledi ya molao ya Italy, ka nako ya phatlalatso ya *habemus papam*, pele Pope Leo la bo 14 a itlhahisa, go ne go le batho ba ka bang 150,000 sekgwaring.

Leo la bo 14 o ile a hlaha a apere papal stole ya setso le mozzetta, diaparo tseo Pope Francis a sa di apereng ha a dumela lefase ka morago ga kgetho ya gagwe. pectoral cross ya gagwe e ne e le e nngwe eo a neng a e apere nakong ya conclave, mpho e tswang ho Postulator General wa Order of Saint Augustine ha a fetoha mokadinale, e nang le masalla a Saint Augustine le mme wa gagwe Saint Monica, le ba bang. O ile a aba puo ya gagwe ya pele ka Setaliana le Sepanish. O ile a bontšha teboho ka lefa la Pope Francis, mme a aba Urbi et Orbi ya gagwe ya pele ya Latin.

Leo la bo 14 ke mopapa wa pele wa Order of Saint Augustine le mopapa wa bobedi wa the Americas (ka morago ga Pope Francis), le mopapa wa bo267 ka kakaretso. O na le dual citizenship ba Peru le United States. O ke mopapa wa pele wa Amerika, ka American (word) ba ho tswa pele a tswetšwa United States. O ke wa bobedi wa go bua English ka tlhaho, ka morago ga Adrian IV ya tswetšweng English (r. 1154–1159), ya neng a ka be a bua Middle English. Leo o boetse ke mopapa wa pele wa go tswetšwa ka morago ga World War II le nakong ya Cold War, mme ka gona ke wa pele wa go tswetšwa molokong wa Baby Boomer. Le ge Leo ke mopapa wa pele wa Order of Saint Augustine, bapapa ba tšeletseng ba pele ba ne ba le dithutong tše dingwe tse latelang Augustinian Rule.

### Ditshepedišoo tša kgale

Leo la bo 14 wa pele wa popemobile nakong ya kgwebišwa kwa kgolagolweng ka gagwe
Ka May 9, letsatsi kamora kgetho ya gagwe, Leo o ile a keteka Mass ya gagwe ya pele e le mopapa ka Sistine Chapel pele ga College of Cardinals e kopanetsweng. Nakong ya Mass, o ile a ruta kgahlanong le kgohlokgolo ya tumelo lefatšeng, mme a bua ka kereke e tla šoma e le "lebone le bonesang bosiwana bja lefatshe le le lefifi". Media e ile ya tlaleha gore Leo o tla nka bodulo ba ka moka ka go sa feleng ka papal apartments ka Apostolic Palace ho ena le Domus Sanctae Marthae moo Francis a neng a dula teng.

Ka May 14, Leo o ile a etsa kgokaganyo ya gagwe ya pele ya baruti ba phahameng, a reha Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna go ba motlatsi wa mobišopo wa diocese of Callao Peru.

Mass ya kgwebišwa ya Leo e ile ya tshwarwa ka May 18 ka St. Peter's Square. Nakong ya Mass, o ile a amohela pallium le Ring of the Fisherman ya gagwe pele ga baemedi ba 12 ba setjhaba sa Modimo, ho kenyeletša makadinale le babishopo, ba ileng ba ikana ho hlompha mopapa wa mocha. Ka May 25, o ile a bewa ka semmuso e le Bishop of Rome ka mokete wa Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.

## Maikutlo

Prevost o kgethile leina la mopapa Leo go tlotla Pope Leo XIII's social teachings.
Leina la regnal la Prevost le kgethilwe ho tlotla Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878–1903), eo encyclical ya gagwe ya *Rerum novarum* e thehileng thuto ya kajeno ya Catholic social teaching le go kgothaletsa labor rights. Go ya ka motsamaisi wa Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni, kgetho ena ke "polelo e hlakileng ya bophelo ba banna le basadi, go šoma kwa–le ge e le ka nako e tshwailweng ke bohlale ba maiketsetso."

Go ya ka Mokadinale Fernando Chomalí wa Chile, Leo o ile a mo joetsa gore kgetho ya leina la mopapa e ipapisitse le kgatelopele ya setjhaba sa lefatshe, mofuta wa Copernican Revolution o amang artificial intelligence le robotics. Chomalí a re: "O ne a susumetšwa ke Pope Leo XIII, eo nakong ya Industrial Revolution a ngwadileng *Rerum novarum* a qala puisano ya bohlokwa pakeng tša kereke le lefatshe la kajeno." Leo ka boyena o ile a hlalosa gore "kereke e fa mongwe le mongwe letlotlo la thuto ya yona ya setjhaba go arabela phetoho e nngwe ya indasteri le tšweletšopele tša lefapha la bohlale ba maiketsetso tšeo di hlahisang diphephetšo tše nšwa tša go sireletša seriti sa botho, toka le go šoma."

Ka phuputšo ya May 2023, Prevost o ile a hatisa tlhokego ya masene le boikarabelo ba go šomiša media ya setjhaba go thibela "go hlohleletša dikgaisano le ditsekisano" le go "senya kopano ya Kereke." Pono ena e tsamaisana le tšekamelo ya gagwe ya go bua "ka hloko le kgetho e kgolo" le "boikemisetso ba tšepe le bokgabane" jwalo ka ha Christopher White, motlaleletsi wa Vatican wa National Catholic Reporter, a mo hlalosa.

National Catholic Reporter e boletše gore Leo la bo 14 o ikemiseditse ho ecumenism le malumeli a mang a Christian denomination. Go kgwebišwa kwa kgolagolweng, o ile a bua ka "dikereke tša Moradi wa Bokresta" mme a rapela "kereke e kopaneng, letshwao la kopano le kopano, e tšwago e le tomoso ya lefatshe le boletseng." Leeto la pele la machaba la Leo la bo 14 e le mopapa e tla ba la Turkey go keteka selegae sa bo1700 sa First Council of Nicaea le Bakreste ba bang.

### Leano la Kereke

Molaetsa wa pele wa mopapa wa mocha o ile wa hatisa tumeliso ya kgotso ya Jesu ya tsohileng "ya fileng bophelo ba gagwe bakeng sa mohlape wa Modimo", e fileng "kgotso e se nang dihlomo le e nyahamisang." Leo o ile a bolela gore o batla ho tswelapele kerygma blessing ya Pope Francis: "Modimo o a hlokomela, Modimo o le rata bohle, mme bobe bo ke ke ba hlola! Re ka matsohong a Modimo kaofela." Dithuto tša molaetsa wa gagwe wa pele di ne di akaretsa Jesu e le light needed by the world, ho fetoha kereke ya mmisipolasi ka puisano le pepenyana, botšepehi ho Evangeli, ho tsamaya mmoho ka synodality, ho šoma e le kereke e kopanetšeng bakeng sa kgotso le toka, kgahlego ho ba mahlomoleng, le praying to Mary. Hape a bolela makgetlo a mabedi tlhokego ya ho se tshoge, mme a hatisa thuso ya Modimo ho "aha marokgo" bakeng sa "rona bohle ho ba setjhaba se le seng ka kgotso kgafetsa."

Episcopal motto ya Leo la bo 14 ke In illo Uno unum ("Go o tee, re selo setee"). Puo ya gagwe ya pele e le mopapa ho makadinale, Leo o ile a phatlalatsa "boitlamo ba gagwe bo felletseng" ho tsela ya ecclesial e tšweleditšwego ke Second Vatican Council. O ile a rorisa tlhaloso ya Pope Francis ya tsela ena ka Evangelii Gaudium, Joy of the Gospel, mme a totobatsa melao-motheo e tsheletseng ya "evangeli", eo a e bonang e sa feleng le e senolang Presitjo ya Modimo: primacy of Christ in proclamation; missionary conversion of the entire Christian community; collegiality le synodality; tlhokomelo ho sensus fidei, bokgoni ba ba tšepileng bohle ba ho utlwa tumelo, haholo-holo popular piety; loving care for the least and the rejected; le puisano le lefatshe la kajeno.

Ha a bua ka ordination of women ka October 2023, Prevost o ile a bolela gore "tšomo e kgolo le e telele ya kereke" e etsa hore ho se kgone ho nahana ka basadi e le baruti le gore "tšomo ya baapostola ke ntho e boletsweng ka ho hlaka haholo." Ka lehlakoreng le leng, o ile a hlokomela gore monyetla wa basadi ba diakone o bile taba ya dikomiti tše pedi tša Vatican, e bontšago "pepanyana ya ho nahanisisa" tabeng eo. O ile a hlokomedisa hore ho bea basadi e le diakone "ha se hakaalo e rarollang bothata" mme e ka baka mathata a macha. Ha a bua ka kgetho ya Pope Francis ya 2023 ya basadi ba bararo e le ditho tša Dicastery for Bishops, eo a neng a e okametše, o ile a hlokomela gore maikutlo a bona hangata a tswela kgotsa le ditho tše dingwe empa a ka tsebiswa maikutlo a macha a bohlokwa.

E le mokadinale, Prevost e ne e le motšehetsi wa synodality, e leng e nngwe ya matsapa a Pope Francis. Prevost o ile a fana ka maikutlo a gore go nka karolo le boikarabello ba bohle ba tšepileng bo ka rarolla karohano ka kereke. Ka May 2023, Prevost o ile a re episcopal leadership e lokela go bea tumelo pele ho tsamaiso. Taba ya pele ke ho "fetisa botle ba tumelo, botle le thabo ya go tseba Jesu." Hape ka May 2023, Prevost o ile a re o na le tumelo ya gore "Moahelani o [...] o re sutumetsa go nchafatša." O ile a bolela gore bohle ba tšepileng "ba bitšitšwe boikarabelo bo boholo ba ho phela seo ke se bitsang boikutlo bo bocha," e leng "ho mamela pele ho tsohle ho Moahelani, ho seo a se kopang Kerekeng."

### Tshebedišano le mokete wa setso

Leo la bo 14 a okametše Mass ya gagwe ya kgwebišwa kwa kgolagolweng
Nakong ya tshebedišano ya gagwe Peru, Prevost o ne a hlalosoa e le "moaparo wa impeccable" ha ho tla ho keteka Mass, a apere diaparo tšohle tša setso le ge mocheso wa lehlabula o nyolohe ka holimo ho 85°F Chiclayo. Ka Phato 2024, ha a bua le parishe ya sebaka sa Chicago, Prevost o ile a bolela gore "liturgy e lokela ho ba botle ho re thusa, ho re matlafatsa tumelong ya rona." Ka morago ga kgetho ya gagwe e le mopapa, Leo o ile a hlaha ka stole e kgubedu ya setso ya mopapa le mozzetta, diaparo tseo di neng di sa aparoa ke Pope Francis, hammoho le pectoral cross e nang le masalla a bahalaleli ba Augustinian joalo ka Augustine of Hippo, Monica, le Thomas of Villanova. Ka Mass ya gagwe ya pele ka Sistine Chapel e le mopapa, o ile a kgetha ho šomiša papal ferula, kapa lere la mokete, le entsweng bakeng sa Benedict XVI mme le sa sebediswa ke Francis. Mozzetta le ferula di bontšitse ho bangwe ho "kgutlela ho tlwaelo" ka Holy See ka morago ga puso ya Francis. Nakong ya Mass ya gagwe ya Kgwebišwa kwa kgolagolweng ka St Peter's Square ka May 18, 2025, Leo la bo 14 o ile a šomiša ferula ya Pope Paul VI e amahanwang haholo le Pope John Paul II.

### Ditaba tša setšhaba le tša dipolotiki

Ka gare ga dipolotiki tša kereke le thuto, Prevost o bonwa e le yo a le mošomong o bogareng, a sa nke lehlakoro la tokologo kapa bošomoši. Ka April 2025, koranta ya Italy ya la Repubblica e boletše gore Prevost o bonwa e le "setšhaba se tšohileng le se dihlong" se neng se "ratoa ke bašomoši le ba hatelago pele" ka gare ga kereke. Go ya ka maemo a semmuso a kereke, Prevost o hanyetsa go ntšha mpa]], go bolaea batšofadi ka boomo ka kgetho ya bona, le lenyalo la batho ba bong bo tšwanang le lehu la kahlolo. Prevost o bontšhitše go belaela ka "kutlwelo-bohloko bakeng sa ditumelo le mekgwa e kgolaganang le evangeli" mme ha a ka a tiša kapa a hana ka botlalo *Fiducia supplicans*, phatlalatšo e mabapi le ditlhohonolofatšo tša batho ba lenyalong la bong bo tšoanang. O ile a bolela gore dikopano tša babishopo ba naga di swanetše "go hlalosa le go šomiša ditaelo tšeo ka mekgwa ya tšona ya lehae, go fana ka diphapano tša setšo." Ka 2012, o ile a nyatsa kutlwelo-bohloko ya setšo se tloaelaneng bakeng sa "bophelo ba bong bo tšoanang le ba basadi le ba banna" le malapa a bong bo tšoanang. Ka April 2016, Prevost o ile a hanyetsa go kenelwa ga "*gender ideology*" go mananebeng a sekolo sa mathomo sa Peru, a bolela gore e kgothaletsa "meloko e seng teng." Ha a botšwa ka 2023 ke Catholic News Service gore na maikutlo a gagwe a tšwela pele a fetohile, Prevost a re "dintho tše dintši di fetohile" mme a hatisa gore kereke e swanetše go ba pepeneneng le go amohela le ge a lemositše gore thuto ya kereke ha e so fetohile. Ka May 2025, o ile a re go be go le hodima mebuso go aga mekgatlo ya kgotso "haho le ka go fapanyetsa letšatši la lelapa, le theilwego godimo ga kopano e tsitsitseng pakeng ga monna le mosadi."

Nakong ya nako ya gagwe Chiclayo, Prevost o ile a dula a sa nke lehlakoro la dipolotiki ka ditaba tša setšhaba. Le ge go le bjalo, ka gare ga diphopotšo tša Peru (2022–2023), o ile a bolela: "Lefu nakong ya diphopotšo le ntlhola bohloko le maswabi a magolo [...] Ke kopile go dula Peru; ke bile ka kopa Ntata wa Halalela ka tlhohlo. E ne e se nako ya go tšwa." O boetše a bontšhitše tšehetšo ya mathata a baphaphatheki ba Venezuela ba Peru. Go ya ka diphetogo tša tlelaele, Prevost o ile a kgothaletsa tshepedišo e matla ya kereke, a bolela seminareng sa Pudungwane 2024 gore "taolo ya tlhago" ga e swanetše go ba "e kgopo." Ka dipolotiki tša lefase, o ile a nyatsa tlhaselo ya Russia ya Ukraine, a e hlalosa e le "tlhaselo ya nnete, ya bohloeki ba imperialism, moo Russia e leka go hlola tšimo ka mabaka a matla," mme ka puo ya gagwe ya pele e kgolo e le mopapa, Leo la bo 14 o ile a kopa go emiša ntoa ya Gaza.

Ka nako yohle ya gagwe e le mobishopo le e le mokadinale, Prevost o ile a tšwela pele go vouta dikgethong tša naga le tša federal United States, e le yo a ngodisitšwego go vouta ka Will County, Illinois. Molao wa dikgetho wa Illinois ha o hloke gore bavoti ba ngodiswe ka mokgatlo wa dipolotiki, ka fao Prevost ha a so ka a phatlalatša semmuso kamano le mokgatlo wa dipolotiki. Dikgetho tšeo Prevost a di votago di akaretša 2008 Democratic presidential primary, Democratic primary ya 2010 Illinois gubernatorial election, 2012 Republican presidential primary, Republican primary ya 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, 2016 Republican presidential primary, le 2024 United States general election.

Ka sethala sa media sa X (sa pele sa Twitter), akhaonto ya pele ya Prevost e ile ya retweet posts tšeo di nyatsago maano a bojaki a US tlasa Moporesitente Donald Trump le Motlatsi wa Moporesitente JD Vance. O boetše a bontšhitše tšehetšo ya COVID-19 vaccination nakong ya COVID-19 pandemic le kutlwelo-bohloko bakeng sa George Floyd le baipelaetsi. Akhaonto ya gagwe ya X eo a neng a e šomiša pele a kgethwa e le mopapa e šomile mme o šoma ka gona ka jwale ka akhaonto ya semmuso ya @Pontifex, e tloaelwego ke Mopapa Francis le Benedict.

## Bophelo ba botho

Ka tlase ga puo ya gagwe ya tlhago ya Senyesemane, Leo la bo 14 o bua Sepanishe, Setaliana, Sefora, le Sepotokisi, hammoho le Sejeremane se sengwe. O ka bala Sedulasetilo gape. Nakong ya nako ya gagwe Peru, Leo la bo 14 o ithutile tse dingwe tša dipuo tša Quechuan. O ile a itsebisa e le "sebapadi sa tenese sa boithuto." O bapala Wordle le Words with Friends ka mehla le banababo.

Leo la bo 14 ke moratiši wa bophelo bjo bopye ba Chicago White Sox ba Major League Baseball, mme o ne a le teng karolong ya 140 US Cellular Field (e tsebjwago jwale ka Rate Field) Chicago bakeng sa Game 1 ya 2005 World Series. Tšehetšo ya gagwe ya dipapadi tša Chicago e boetše e namela ho National Football League ya Chicago Bears; JD Vance o ile a mo fa jeresi ya Bears e etswagetsweng ka morago ga kgwebišwa kwa kgolagolweng, eo Leo la bo 14 a ileng a e hlalosa e le "kgetho e ntle." O boetše a bontšhitše tšehetšo ya dipapadi tša Villanova University, haholo-holo sehlopha sa Villanova Wildcats men's basketball.

E le mohlankana, o ne a rata go kganna ka boithabiso. Ka bophelo bjo bopye bja gagwe, o ne a rata go kganna dikhilomithara tše telele bakeng sa maeto moo batho ba bangata ba ratago go fofa, bjalo ka ho tloha Philadelphia ho ya Chicago, Brisbane ho ya Sydney, le Chiclayo ho ya Lima.

## Seaparo sa matsoho

Main article: Coat of arms of Pope Leo XIV

Coat of arms of Mopapa Leo 14|  | Helm Bishop's mitre
Escutcheon*Per bend sinister azure and argent, in the first, a fleur-de-lis argent, in the second, a heart enflamed pierced by an arrow bendwise sinister, all gules, upon a book proper.*
MottoIN ILLO UNO UNUM (Latin for 'Go o tee, re selo setee')
Other elementsKeys of Peter behind the shield and papal mantling
Symbolism*Fleur-de-lis* : E amahanngwa le Virgin Mary, e tshwago bohloeki le ho hloka molato.
*Augustinian emblem* : Letshwao la Order of Saint Augustine, ka gare ga Leo la bo 14 e le setho sa Augustinian Order. Letshwao lena charge le bontšha pelo e kgubedu e phunyeletšwego ke motsu mme e phomotše bukeng e šomilwego. |

## Go bona gape

* Family of Pope Leo XIV
* Pope Leo XIV bibliography
* Cardinals created by Francis
* List of popes by country

## Dintlha

## Ditšupiso

## Lhokaganyo tša ka ntle

* Letlakala la Vatican ka Pope Leo XIV
* Appearances on C-SPAN

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