Scene From Vatican City, Life Of Pope Leo XIV, China Trade Talks
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🗓️ 9 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | What was it like to be at the Vatican when a cleric made this announcement? |
| 0:09.3 | We have a pope, he said. |
| 0:11.0 | American Robert Prevost is now Leo the 14th, and we'll hear from Ruth Sherlock, who was there? |
| 0:15.4 | I'm Leila Fauden. That's Stevenski, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:21.9 | How does the Pope from Chicago look to American political partisans? |
| 0:26.1 | We'll hear some of his stances so far. |
| 0:28.4 | Also, negotiators from the U.S. and China will meet over the weekend. |
| 0:31.6 | The U.S. hopes to ease the terms of its own trade war, while China wants fewer restrictions |
| 0:36.3 | on American tech. |
| 0:37.7 | Export controls on chips in particular, and then chip making equipment. |
| 0:42.3 | So things that would allow them to accelerate the domestic development of AI. |
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| 1:02.3 | Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? |
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| 1:22.9 | podcasts. The Catholic Church followed each step of a ritual that's centuries old. |
| 1:30.3 | White smoke poured from a chimney yesterday, then a cleric appeared on a balcony to say these words in Latin. |
| 1:40.0 | Abamus papam. We have a pope, thanks to my high school Latin teacher. |
| 1:44.7 | Moments later, as we heard live on NPR, the cleric gave the name Robert Francis Prevost, |
| 1:49.6 | and it became apparent that it was a pope from Chicago. |
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