The Government sent a message of respectful congratulations to His Holiness, Leo XIV, the new Pope of the Catholic Church, reaffirming its commitment to interfaith dialogue and to supporting the continuity of Christian values ??and the stability of the faith.
„The Government of Romania respectfully congratulates His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV. We reaffirm our commitment to interfaith dialogue and to supporting the continuity of Christian values and the stability of the faith,” reads the message posted on the Government’s X page.
American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected, on Thursday, Pope of the Catholic Church. The new sovereign pontiff chose the pontifical name of Leo XIV, international press agencies inform.
Robert Prevost thus becomes the first American Pope in history.