New Pope Appears To Have Reposted Critical Social Media Posts About Trump

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

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Leo, a 69-year-old from Chicago, is a leader with global experience. He spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and holds dual citizenship in the US and Peru, where he served as a bishop. He most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis’ reforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight, the world meets the first American Pope, a white socks fan who grew up in Chicago,
0:08.0	so will the Catholic Church stay on the current path or going a new direction?
0:13.0	And call it the doll defense.
0:16.0	Now it said it's Vice President J.D. Vance was weighing in on kids having fewer dolls in the new economy.
0:21.9	Making a comparison to American-made weapons of war.
0:26.9	Plus, President Trump turns to his favorite place to coach new hires
0:30.8	and taps Foxes Judge Janine Piro as the new top prosecutor in Washington, D.C.
0:37.4	A former host of that network is my guest tonight on Laura Coates Live.
0:45.8	So if you had Cardinal Robert Prevost on your papal bingo card, you're either psychic or just really into long shots
0:57.8	because hardly anyone bet on this moment.
1:10.0	That's the first American Pope in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church.
1:15.9	He is a Chicago native.
1:18.0	He spent decades in South America advocating for the poor.
1:21.5	He can speak five, count them five languages.
1:24.8	And now he's known as Pope Leo the 14thth leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics all across
1:31.6	the globe. These were his first words to the world as Pontiff.
1:37.7	The Pache is with you all.
1:40.8	Peace be with you all.
1:46.3	Pope Leo also paid tribute to Pope Francis, signaling that he may carry on the late
1:50.1	Pontiff's church reforms. But even though Leo was
1:53.6	well regarded by Francis, few saw this coming. It was especially
1:57.9	a shock for Americans who were at the Vatican when it happened.
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