A 'citizen of the world,' the new pontiff brings renewed hope for global peace

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American, by way of Italy and Peru, to be elevated to the See of Peter.

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His election coincided with the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945. Pope Leo XIV’s first words on the balcony of St. Peter’s were the first words of the Risen Christ: “Peace be with you!”

The world ardently desired peace in 1945. Peace remains desired now — enduring peace, true harmony, not just the absence of war. That peace which is most deeply desired in hearts, in families, in cultures and between nations, is not the work purely of human hands, but remains the gift of Jesus risen from the dead.

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