Pope Leo XIV, the new pontiff

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8 May 2025
21:08

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Sovereign Pontiff, with the pontifical name Pope Leo XIV. He is 69 and hails from North America, IPN reports.

Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago, USA, to a French father and Italian mother. He is a member of the Order of St. Augustine. He was appointed cardinal in 2023 by Pope Francis. The new pontiff knows English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Italian, Portuguese, German and Latin.

The last pope with the pontifical name Leo was the Italian Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, called Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

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Pope Leo XIV, the new pontiff

IPN.md

8 May 2025
21:08

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Sovereign Pontiff, with the pontifical name Pope Leo XIV. He is 69 and hails from North America, IPN reports.

The last pope with the pontifical name Leo was the Italian Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, called Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

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IPN | Cultural Agenda | July 18

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The Planeta Clounella Theater presents the children’s show “The Doughnut” /Clounella Theater, 55 Mihai Eminescu Street /at 11:00 AM/.

The City Hall of Chisinau is organizing the festival “Te salut, Chisinau!”, on the occasion of the 590th anniversary of the city’s first documentary attestation (July 17-19) /Pedestrian Street “Eugen Doga” /at 06:00 PM/.

The actors of the Russian State Drama Theater “A. P. Chekhov” perform the show “Method” /Theater “A. P. Chekhov” /at 07:00 PM/.

A movie is being projected outdoors as part of the “Chronograph Evenings” project /Alunelul Park /at 08:30 PM/.

A movie is scheduled to be screened at the Open Air Film Festival /Rose Valley Park /at 09:00 PM/.

The exhibition “Urban Archaeology and the Hidden Memory of Chisinau” continues /National Museum of History of Moldova /July 17-November 30/.

The contemporary art exhibition-competition continues: The municipal salon within the “Te salut, Chisinau!” Festival, the VI edition, dedicated to the 590th anniversary of the city /Constantin Brancusi Exhibition Center /July 8-26/.

The documentary exhibition “Echo from the past, for present and future” continues, dedicated to the memory of the victims of Stalinist deportations and one of the most tragic episodes in the history of Bessarabia /BNRM /July 3-August 3/.

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The graphic exhibition by Lica Sainciuc continues, opened as part of the Creative Industries Festival /Lutnita Gallery /June 5 – July 31/.

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