An American in the Vatican
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🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
For the first time, the Conclave of cardinals at the Vatican have elected an American pope.
Pope Leo XIV has ascended to the papacy following the death of his modernising predecessor, Pope Francis.
Katie Stallard is joined by writer Madoc Cairns and the New Statesman’s Finn McRedmond to discuss Francis’s legacy and Leo’s future.
Read: Pope Francis's illusions
Read: Pope Leo XIV's centrist papacy
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| 1:20.7 | This is the Catholic Church's new |
| 1:22.9 | leader, Pope Leo the 14th. |
| 1:25.6 | We're just hearing the first words of Pope Leo |
| 1:27.4 | the 14th. Previously known as hearing the first words of Pope Leo the 14th. |
| 1:28.4 | Previously known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. |
| 1:32.1 | He was born in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, |
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