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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the |
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267th bishop of Rome on May 8, 2025, and chose Leo XIV as his papal |
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name; and |
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WHEREAS, The first pontiff from the Augustinian order and the |
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first from the United States and North America, Pope Leo XIV was |
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born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 1955, to Mildred |
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Martínez and Louis Marius Prevost; he grew up with two brothers, |
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Louis Martín and John Joseph; educated at the Minor Seminary of the |
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Augustinian Fathers, he went on to complete his bachelor's degree |
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in mathematics at Villanova University, where he also studied |
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philosophy; in 1977, he entered the novitiate of the Order of |
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St. Augustine in the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of |
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Chicago; he made his solemn vows four years later and received his |
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theological education at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago; |
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his superiors then sent him to Rome, where he was ordained a priest |
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at the Augustinian College of St. Monica and earned his doctorate in |
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canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas; and |
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WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV has extensive international |
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experience; sent to an Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985, he |
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served that nation's Catholic population in many roles, including |
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as a missionary, parish priest, and professor; he was twice elected |
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prior general of the Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of |
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St. Augustine, and in 2015, he was appointed bishop of Chiclayo; |
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eight years later, Pope Francis promoted him to archbishop and |
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called him to Rome as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and |
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president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America; he was |
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also named a member of the Dicasteries for Evangelization; in 2024, |
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he was created a cardinal in the Consistory, and Pope Francis |
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elevated him to the Order of Bishops the following year, granting |
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him the title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano; following Pope |
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Francis's hospitalization in February 2025, Cardinal Prevost |
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presided over the March 3 rosary for the pope in St. Peter's Square; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV has proven himself to be a spiritual |
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leader of tremendous ability, and his faith community around the |
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world looks forward to an era defined by his wisdom, compassion, and |
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devotion; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of his |
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election to the papacy and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Pope Leo XIV as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Capriglione |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1088 was adopted by the House on May |
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23, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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