HR 139 — Honor Pope Leo XIV, to highlight his life and accomplishments

As(136th AdoptedGeneralAssembly) by(House Resolution Number 139) ARESOLUTION To honor Pope Leo XIV, the Housefirst 136thpope Generalfrom Assemblythe RegularUnited SessionStates H.of America, and to highlight his life and accomplishments.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio:

WHEREAS, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, in a continuous line back to Peter, on May 8, 2025, becoming the first American Pope, and chose Leo XIV as his papal name;

and WHEREAS, The first pontiff from the Augustinian order and the first from the United States and North America, a son of the Midwest, Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 1955, to Mildred Martínez and Louis Marius Prevost;

he grew up with two brothers, Louis Martín and John Joseph;

educated at the Minor Seminary of theAugustinian Fathers, he went on to complete his bachelor's degree in mathematics at Villanova University, where he also studied philosophy;

in 1977, he entered the novitiate of the Order of St.

Augustine in the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of Chicago;

he made his solemn vows four years later and received his theological education at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago;

his superiors then sent him to Rome, where he was ordained a priest at the Augustinian College of St.

Monica and earned his doctorate in cannon law from the Pontifical University of St.

ThomasAquinas;

and WHEREAS, A man born in Illinois and educated in Pennsylvania rises to the title of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Leo XIV has extensive international experience;

sent to an Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985, he served that nation's Catholic population in many roles, including as a missionary, parish priest, and professor;

he was twice elected Prior General of the Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of St.

Augustine, and in 2015, he was appointed Bishop of Chiclayo;

eight years later, Pope Francis promoted him to archbishop and called him to Rome as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America;

he was also named a member of the Dicasteries for Evangelization;

in 2024, he was created a cardinal in the Consistory, and Pope Francis elevated him to the Order of Bishops the following year, granting him the title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano;

following Pope Francis' hospitalization in February 2025, Cardinal Prevost presided over the March 3 Rosary for the Pope in St.

Peter's Square;

and WHEREAS, With the selection of the name of Pope Leo XIV, and the ties to the encyclical Rerum Novarum, we are encouraged to work for the policies that recognize the dignity of work and the H.

139 2025-2026136th RepresentativesG.A. Mathews, A., Odioso Cosponsors:

Representativesprimacy Thomas,of D., Peterson, Sweeney, Schmidt, Brennan, Gross, Williams, Barhorst, Abrams, Rader, Rogers, Demetriou, Richardson, Daniels, LaRe, Brent, Miller, K., Abdullahi, Bailey, Deeter, Ghanbari, Hall, D., Hoops, Humphrey, Isaacsohn, John, Johnson, King, Kishman, Lampton, Lawson-Rowe, Lear, Lorenz, Manning, McNally, Miller, J., Miller, M., Moore, Oelslager, Piccolantonio, Plummer, Ray, Roemer, Russo, Salvo, Santucci, Sigrist, Sims, Swearingen, Synenberg, Troy, Upchurch, White, A., White, E., Willis A R E S O L U T I O N To honor Pope Leo XIV, the firstfamily; pope from the United 1 States of America, and to highlight his life and 2 accomplishments.

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139 Page 2 As Adopted by the House Joseph;

educated at the Minor Seminary of the Augustinian 13 Fathers, he went on to complete his bachelor's degree in 14 mathematics at Villanova University, where he also studied 15 philosophy;

in 1977, he entered the novitiate of the Order of 16 St.

Augustine in the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of 17 Chicago;

he made his solemn vows four years later and received 18 his theological education at the Catholic Theological Union in 19 Chicago;

his superiors then sent him to Rome, where he was 20 ordained a priest at the Augustinian College of St.

Monica and 21 earned his doctorate in cannon law from the Pontifical 22 University of St.

Thomas Aquinas;

and 23 WHEREAS, A man born in Illinois and educated in 24 Pennsylvania rises to the title of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Leo 25 XIV has extensive international experience;

sent to an 26 Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985, he served that nation's 27 Catholic population in many roles, including as a missionary, 28 parish priest, and professor;