Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk reacted to the choice of new Pope Leon XIV. The president wrote about “the readiness of the Commonwealth to continue to strengthen exceptional ties.” “Evil will not win. Optimism and hope that the world needs,” wrote the prime minister.
Key facts:
- Cardinal Robert Prevost from the USA became the new pope, who took the name of Leon XIV.
- He announced the news about his choice on Thursday after 19 from the balcony of the Basilica of Saint Peter, Cardinal Protodiakon Dominique Mamberti.
- Leon XIV is 69 years old and a long experience in Peru. Recently, he was a prefect of dicasteries for bishops. He was considered one of the papabili.
- President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the election of a new pope.
“With all my heart, on behalf of the Polish nation and my own, I congratulate his Holiness to Pope Leon XIV on the occasion of election to the capital of Peter” – wrote on platform X president Andrzej Duda.
He added that this is a moment “deeply moving for the community of the Catholic Church and for the whole world.” According to the president, in Poland “we experience it with great emotion and hope – as a nation that – as Saint John Paul II reminded – through a 1000 -year string of his history, he became involved with the Church of Christ and a special junction of spiritual unity with the Roman capital.”
“Please accept the assurance of the readiness of the Commonwealth to continue to strengthen these unique ties – in the name of common values, responsibility for the common good and strengthening the world.
“Evil will not win”
The prime minister also referred to the election of a new pope Donald Tusk.
“Habemus papam! Evil will not win. Optimism and hope that the world needs” – wrote the head of government on Platform X.
Author/author: MJZ/FT
Source: TVN24, PAP
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/Alessandro di Meo