Chicago Pope

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The first American pope's pro-immigrant views have put him publicly at odds with Vice President JD Vance. How Pope Leo XIV's ancient Catholic order collides with the beliefs of a growing group of converts like Vance. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Gabrielle Berbey, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King and Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Photo by Francesco Sforza - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Noelle, we got a new Pope. What are your favorite facts about American Pope? He is a White Sox fan.
0:06.6	Chicago Pope has been to a World Series. Amazing. He's a citizen of Peru. He loves Civece, in fact.
0:14.6	He's 69 years old. He loves to play tennis like you. He's got Creole roots from New Orleans. A beautiful thing. An American thing. Oh, he loves to play tennis, like you. He's got Creole roots from New Orleans.
0:21.6	A beautiful thing, an American thing.
0:24.4	Oh, he loves Christmas movies.
0:26.1	What did he major in in school?
0:28.2	He was a math major.
0:29.6	He doesn't just love sin, but also cos.
0:34.7	Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
0:37.4	You're so smart!
0:43.2	What are we going to talk about on this show, though, Noel? These are just fun facts.
0:47.6	Pope Leo the 14th has very strong thoughts about immigration. We're going to talk about why.
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