Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA was quoted in The Guardian following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost and his choice to take the name Leo XIV. Read an excerpt below, or the full article here.

Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff

By: Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood in Vatican City and Sam Jones

"Eric LeCompte, the executive director of the religious development group Jubilee USA Network, who advises Vatican and Catholic church leadership said he expected Leo to “follow the path that Francis set to build a more inclusive and transparent Church”.

“The selection of the name of Leo XIV is a special acknowledgment of the need to support the poor and workers,” LeCompte added.

The new pontiff will have many urgent issues to address. A priority will be to strengthen the church’s unity amid differing views and expectations within the institution and growing polarisation in the wider world.

The pontiff plays an important role on the international stage, aiming to ensure that religion does not become a faultline."

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