The fact that Robert Prevost took the name Leo XIV "is very instructive about the way he sees challenges in the world," said former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney on Newsmax Monday.
"His predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, at the end of the … 19th century, wrote extensively about the difficulties caused by the Industrial Revolution, and now, as the Pope alluded to, we're in a different kind of revolution, a technological one that has its own set of challenges for people all around the world," Rooney told "Newsline." "And I think that he's going to be continuing to address that as well as the plight of marginalized people."
Pope Leo won the consensus of the 133 cardinal electors after only four ballots, which "shows the power of the Holy Spirit to guide these cardinals to make a good decision," Rooney said. "And now we have a pope who is uniquely positioned to solve some problems that plague the church around the world."
Pope Leo XIV is also "uniquely positioned to enrich the interest of young people to return to the church and be more involved in the church," Rooney said.
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