The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on the occasion of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost being elected the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, bearing the title of Leo XIV, on May 10, President Luong Cuong sent Dien a congratulatory message.
On the evening of May 8, Rome time, from the balcony of the Holy Temple, the new Pope Leo XIV appeared in front of tens of thousands of followers at St. Petersburg Square. Peter.
Pope Leo XIV was elected after 2 days of the Red Doctor's meeting. Pope Leo XIV, 69 years old, is a leader with global experience.
King Leo XIV is a citizen of the United States and Peru. According to the National Migration Registration Agency of Peru, the popes born in the US became a Peruvian citizen in August 2015.
On May 9, the Vatican announced that Cardinal Robert Prevost would be officially crowned as Pope on May 18, when he held the solemn mass at St. Petersburg. Peter with the participation of many world leaders.
The ceremony marked the crowning of the first cardinal of American nationality in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church.
