The Augustinian Pope

Who is Robert Francis Prevost, chosen in a lightning Conclave by 133 cardinals? The first pope of the United States, born 69 years earlier in Chicago, with a Peruvian soul after more than twenty-two years spent in the Latin American country; a 'son of Saint Augustine', coming from the Augustinian Order, of which he was prior general for two terms, Vatican News recalls. A Pope with mixed roots, expert in mathematics as well as languages and Canon Law, parish priest and bishop in the dusty streets of Chulucanas, Trujillo and Chiclayo and Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. A Pontiff with a varied background, who spoke to the world in his first appearance in Italian, Spanish and Latin, reading a text written in his own hand, in which the word 'peace' recurred ten times.