Cardinal Carlos Castillo Reveals How Leo XIV Was a Total Surprise in the Vatican Conclave

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The Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, Carlos Castillo, revealed little known details of the conclave that elected Robert Francis Prevost, today Pope Leo XIV, as the leader of the Catholic Church.

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Cardinal Carlos Castillo, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, recounted details of the process that led to the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope. As he commented in Canal N, this election was unexpected inside and outside the Catholic Church. The fact also had a special impact on Peru due to the pastoral bond that Prevost maintained for years in the country.Castillo explained that the figure of Robert Prevost did not appear among th…

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This Friday, May 8, marks a year since the election of Robert Prevost as the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church, with the name of Leo XIV, a date that, in our country, we remember with special joy, since it is the first pope of Peruvian nationality in all history. Cardinal Carlos Castillo, in dialogue with RPP, recalled those days in which Prevost began to be called candidate of the conclave celebrated in Rome to assume as vicar of Christ. C…

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Exactly 365 days have passed since the white smoke from the chimney installed on the roof of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel announced to the world that the Church had a new Pope. On May 8, 2025, after the death of Francis I, and once a conclave that lasted only two days and was resolved in four ballots, the figure of Robert Francis Prevost emerged, who would choose the name of Leo XIV to be elected Pope: the number 267 of the history of the Church…