First American Pope, New Trade Deal & Happy Mother’s Day - Friday, May 9, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Friday, May 9, 2025!
We’re talking about the first American-born pope in history, and his first message to the world since taking the helm of the Catholic Church,
Also, we have details from President Trump’s first deal with a major trading partner,
Plus, we’ll tell you what former President Biden had to say during his first live TV interview post-presidency, how one of the most influential charities in the world is ramping up giving and winding down operations, and we’ll recap some of the biggest moments from last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, May 9th. We're talking about the first American-born Pope in history and his first |
| 0:05.4 | message to the world since taking the helm of the Catholic Church. Also, we have details from President |
| 0:09.6 | Trump's first deal with a major trading partner. Plus, we'll tell you what former President Biden |
| 0:14.1 | had to say during his first live TV interview post-presidency, how one of the most influential |
| 0:19.2 | charities in the world is ramping up giving |
| 0:21.3 | and winding down operations. And we'll recap some of the biggest moments from last night's |
| 0:25.8 | Academy of Country Music Awards. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:32.2 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the Day's News in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:47.0 | On just the second day of the conclave, the world was introduced to a new Pope. For the first time in |
| 0:52.4 | the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church, |
| 0:54.5 | an American has taken over. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and decided to take the name of |
| 0:59.4 | Pope Leo the 14th. Pope Leo was born in Chicago, so choosing him to fight a longstanding belief that |
| 1:04.9 | church leaders would never pick a pope from a global superpower like the U.S. that already has so much |
| 1:09.8 | influence around the world. But the new pope actually spent most of his career as a minister of Peru the U.S. that already has so much influence around the world. |
| 1:11.3 | But the new Pope actually spent most of his career as a minister of Peru before taking over |
| 1:15.4 | the Vatican's powerful office of bishops. So with a more diverse history, many apparently believe |
| 1:20.5 | he transcends borders. When the white smoke billowed out of the Vatican chimney, a crowd of |
| 1:25.4 | around 150,000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the new |
| 1:28.8 | Pope. In his first words as leader, Pope Leo spoke about peace and a unified church. Soon, |
| 1:34.5 | he'll be faced with difficult decisions impacting the direction of the church and the world's |
| 1:38.4 | 1.4 billion Catholics. On a wider scale, many world leaders say they hope they can work with the new |
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