Pope Leo XIV ‘will complete and complement [the U.S.] Political Agenda ‘: Cardinal Cupich

The archbishop of the Cardinal of Chicago Blase Cupich said that the selection of Pope Leo XIV fits the current political panorama, especially when the Trump administration is considered.

“I think he will help complete and complement our political agenda. He will also talk a lot about immigration, because he knows about the sufferings of people and the real needs they have for a better life,” Cupich told Sunday to the co-amplia of ‘This week’, Martha Raddatz. “And he also knows that people in Oceania, for example, where the upward level of the sea is simply overwhelming those islands, where people are trying to escape, they see the drug trade that is happening in Central and South America, where there are weapons of the United States that go there. He knows that those people need an option. And he will request, I think, as the bishops in the United States in the United States, arranging this immigration system broken”.

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday as the first American Pope. The Pope, previously Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago, but lived in Peru for about 20 years before being used by the late Pope Francis to serve in the Vatican.

During Leo XIV’s papacy, difficult questions are expected to face the church, including the actions of President Donald Trump.

Pope Leo XIV is a student at the University of Villanova of the Catholic institution. The president of Villanova, the Reverend Peter Donohue, said that Pope Leo XIV represents both the United States and the world.

“Believe [Leo XIV] It’s really that, you know, this is someone who has an American spirit but also has a global spirit, “Donohue said about” this week. “

Here are more prominent from the interviews of Cupich and Donohue:

Cupich in the current political panorama

Raddatz: And this morning, of course, the Pope talking to people. And I was interested because he said, I carry in the hearts the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people. He also talked about how sad it is about what is happening in the Gaza Strip. What tells us about this Pope?

Cupich: Well, he picked up the words of Pope Francis that there is a World War in piece. And it is something for him to be a voice, as he said, for peace at the beginning of his announcement when he was presented to people. He cares deeply about that. And he would simply point out that here he had 133 cardinals from 71 different countries capable of making a decision within 24 hours. Hopefully it is a sign of unity that the rest of the world can adopt.

Cupich in the global history of Pope Leo XIV

Raddatz: Talk about what it means to be an American as Pope, since he has lived in Peru for so many years and has a global vision in a way.

Cupich:: And he is a Peruvian citizen. It has a Peruvian passport. I think that is important and to recognize. My hope would now have a new platform to reintroduce what the Church has always asked in terms of its social justice agenda and that it will do it: it will give people other opportunity to take a second look at what Francis was saying. But now in him, in the words and voice of an American who speaks as an American, I think he will be very powerful in the future.

Cupich about sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church

Raddatz: And, Cardinal, I have to ask about this, the survivors’ network of those abused by priests, as they are called, wrote an open letter this week calling attention to sexual abuse in the church and observing how, before becoming a pope, which Prevost handled some of the accusations supposedly. How do you think the history of this Church will manage in that sense?

Cupich: Well, I know about talking to him and also when looking at his management of cases, which is very committed to the norms that Pope Francis submitted to them and that cares about them. He has a history of meeting with the victims, informing the authorities, doing the investigations and also communicating with the victims. I am sure it will move in that direction. And everything I’ve seen shows that he is committed to that.

Donohue about the importance of Pope Leo XIV

Raddatz: And obviously, much has been done that he is an American. I want you to describe that part of him who is an American. Why is it so significant that we have an American Pope?

Donohue: I think that for American Catholics, it was something we never thought would really be possible. Every time people talked about that, it was always like, you know, the United States is such a powerful nation. The Church always suspected a bit to have, you know, the Pres-, the Pope was an American. But I think that for Leo, I’m still trying to get used to calling it that, it’s something that certainly grew in the United States. He is native to Chicago. He loves Chicago, his family, his brother still lives there. Return here every time you can. He has friends in the area. But his: his world experience has not really been in the United States. Then, he has served very little time here in the United States as Augustinian. Most of his time was in Peru or in Rome, so his experience was, while growing American, his experience after university and, certainly, after being ordered he was a priest, he was always much more global, much more international.