Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and holds Peruvian nationality, but he was 'made in Spain'. His second surname, Mart\u00ednez, was inherited from his mother who was partly Spanish. But his connection with the country was one he built himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ALMUDENA HERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong> He knows Spain inside out, he has Spanish friends, he has walked through our streets, our cities, the convents, the schools. He has met with bishops, he has driven around. He really enjoys driving, although now he can\u2019t do it as much. And he has traveled hundreds of kilometers along Spanish roads. And he\u2019s going to enjoy it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And it is not just that he knows Spain. The then-Prevost once visited many of the same places he will now return to as pope, especially in Madrid, the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ALMUDENA HERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong> Madrid\u2019s Plaza de Cibeles, for example, is just a few meters from the provincial curia of the Augustinians in Spain. He has walked there, had ice cream with friends, and also strolled in front of the Royal Palace, where he will be received by the King of Spain. Our Lion of Peace has passed by the Lions of Cibeles and the Lions of the Congress of Deputies, where he will deliver a historic speech.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides writing 'Leo XIV, the Lion of piece, Almudena Hern\u00e1ndez is also a journalist. After twelve years covering religious affairs, including the conclave in Rome, she began referring to the pope as \u201cthe Lion of Peace.\u201d But she soon realized that nickname had taken on a deeper meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ALMUDENA HERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong> As the days went by, in May or June of last year, I said: \u2018Hmm, I\u2019m going to keep this \u201cLion of Peace\u201d to myself. I won\u2019t post it on social media anymore because it could make a good title for a book.\u2019 So, it became a major 260-page feature work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The foreword of the book is written by Bishop Luis Arg\u00fcello, president of the Spanish bishop's conference. To learn about Leo XIV, Almudena interviewed people who have known him for decades. And she began to draw a portrait through small but revealing details: his great sense of humor and his deep spirituality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ALMUDENA HERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong> They told me, as an anecdote, that the companions who shared many days with him said that even if they stayed up late watching television together in the Augustinian community house, the next morning he was always the first one in the chapel praying. That also shows that he cultivates his inner life as one of the pillars of his existence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n With all the details Almudena discovered while writing the book, one overarching question emerged: could Prevost\u2019s election to the papacy have been predicted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n While it was the work of the Holy Spirit, there are some coincidences that perhaps suggest Robert was already 'the Lion of Peace'\u2014even before the white smoke above the Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and holds Peruvian nationality, but he was 'made in Spain'. His second surname, Mart\u00ednez, was inherited from his mother who was partly Spanish. But his connection with the country was one he built himself. ALMUDENA HERN\u00c1NDEZAuthor of Leo XIV, the Lion of Peace He knows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":90647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-uPiWZ28BjI","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonedellapaceeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonedellapaceint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90654,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90651\/revisions\/90654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Author of Leo XIV, the Lion of Peace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author of Leo XIV, the Lion of Peace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Author of \u201cLeo XIV, the Lion of Peace\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n