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Just How American Is the American Pope?

by Dr. Hardy Ostry

U.S. Reactions to the Election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV.

The election was a surprise: for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, there is a Pope from the USA. Leo XIV was born in Chicago, lived in Peru for a long time and most recently worked in Rome. For Catholics in the USA, his election is a gift - and a challenge.
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Länderbericht - Wie amerikanisch ist der amerikanische Papst
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