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The Network That Led to Pope Leo XIV’s Election, by Giovanni Sadewo – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Network That Led to Pope Leo XIV’s Election, by Giovanni Sadewo

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By Giovanni Sadewo, Crisis Magazine, May 13, 2025

Giovanni Sadewo is a social psychologist and a social network analyst. He holds an adjunct position with Divine Mercy University, where he teaches Social Psychology.

Having quickly risen to become the most networked Curia cardinal, will Pope Leo XIV be able to do what his predecessors couldn’t, and effectively reform the Curia?

As the cardinal proto-deacon concluded the announcement of the new pope, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. He wore a white cassock, a white zucchetto, a red pellegrina, a red-and-gold stole, and a pectoral cross. He had chosen the name Leo XIV. Many were surprised by the election of another pope from the Americas—especially from the United States. Cardinal Prevost had not been widely considered papabile, nor was he well-known to the general public.

Inside the Curia, however, a different narrative emerges. Data gathered from the Annuario Pontificio for the years 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024 provides insight into the trajectory of Bishop—and later Cardinal—Robert Prevost’s career. He began his service in the Roman Curia in 2019 as a member of the (then) Congregation for the Clergy. By the end of 2020, he had also been appointed a member of the (then) Congregation for Bishops. He continued to serve in both roles through 2022. …

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