First American Pope Takes the Name Leo XIV
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Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
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First American Pope Takes the Name Leo XIV
Clip: Season 3 Episode 246 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe world's 1 billion Catholics, and the 450,000 Catholics in Kentucky are saying something they've never seen before.
A pope from the United States today, cardinals from all over the world picked Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago to be the new pope, replacing the late Pope Francis.
The new pope took the name Leo the 14th.
Today, he emphasized a message of peace, open dialog, and missionary outreach.
Here is an early reaction to Pope Leo the 14th from Father Jim Chicago, a priest who serves the Diocese of Lexington and as a papal missionary of Mercy.
I am particularly moved by the Holy Father's early emphasis on reconciliation, humility, and the gospel imperative to quote go out to the peripheries.
He reminds us that the mission of the church is not to retreat behind walls, but to walk boldly into the world as bearers of mercy, joy, and truth, and quote.
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