THE Pope 14th – The first American Pontiff in History – caught many of the opponents of the Cardinalians unprepared in the concussion. A predominant candidate to succeed the deceased Pope Francis He left the race.
According to Sky News analysis, the Conquerors are known to be unpredictable – and once again the election of American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo of 14th and successor to Pope Francis, surprised many.
THE newly elected Pope Leo XIV It won the consensus of the 133 cardinals after just four votes – a quick process for a diverse body of cardinals.
Although his name had been released among some Vatican observers, other cardinals had emerged as clearly dominant candidates, including Pietro Parolin – the number two of the Vatican who would be the first Italian for almost 50 years to Asian Pope.
On the contrary, it was the US that won the highly secret process.
So what happened behind the closed doors of Sistina hats?
By noon on Thursday, May 8, The Italian Cardinal Parolin They were ahead, gathering between 45 and 55 votes, sources say.
A significant number, but much smaller than the 89 votes needed for the majority of two -thirds.
At this point, the American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost It had between 34 and 44 votes.
But as the Italian cardinal struggled to increase support during the first three rounds of voting, He left the racesupporting the prevost instead, as Sky News reported.
In addition, a ‘civil’ against Luis Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David – Both cardinals come from Asia – Interaction, it prevented their chances for the benefit of Prevost.
But also a candidate from the Africa – On the most conservative continent of the Roman Catholic Church – it was never possible to prevail in a conquotional where the overwhelming majority of the cardinals had been appointed by progressive Pope Francis, sources on the British television network say.
However, an American Pope has long been considered extremely unlikely, given the US geopolitical power.
However, The American Cardinal Prevost He managed to “draw” votes from all the groups that make up the electors: Moderate US cardinals, South America cardinals, and many European cardinals have ranked around him.
The Italian newspaper “The Republic“He said that prevost” certainly attracted inter -party preferences, both ideologically and geographically. “
“In the Conclavian he was the least American of Americans: born in Chicago, he lived in Peru for 20 years,” the newspaper said.
And added: ‘As a human being used to teamwork, prevost appeared to many as the right to make papism evolve into a more collective form».