“HE KNOWS HOW TO LISTEN”
Prevost was born in 1955 and is a member of the worldwide Augustinian non secular order, which incorporates about 2,500 monks and brothers, operates in 50 international locations and has a particular deal with a lifetime of neighborhood and equality amongst its members.
He has a bachelor’s diploma from Villanova College within the suburbs of Philadelphia, a grasp’s from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a doctorate in Church regulation from the Pontifical Faculty of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
Prevost first went to Peru as a missionary in 1985, returning to the US in 1999 to take up a management position in his non secular order.
He later moved to Rome to serve two six-year phrases as head of the Augustinians, visiting lots of the order’s communities internationally. He’s identified to talk English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.
Returning to Rome in 2023, Prevost usually didn’t participate in lots of the social occasions that entice Vatican officers all through the town.
Leon Angeles stated he’s an individual with management abilities, “however on the identical time, he is aware of the way to hear. He has that advantage”.
“The cardinal has the courtesy to ask for an opinion, even when it is from the only or most humble particular person,” she stated. “He is aware of the way to hearken to everybody.”
