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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.
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Well, we have an American pope. The second pope from the Americas is from the United States. But he is a Chicagoan who is palatable to Europeans and others who are not the greatest fans of the still relatively new kid on the block (U.S.).
In all humility, when there was buzz about Cardinal Prevost, I dismissed it. I am infamously terrible at making predictions — political and papal. It’s okay, I own it.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.
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Well, we have an American pope. The second pope from the Americas is from the United States. But he is a Chicagoan who is palatable to Europeans and others who are not the greatest fans of the still relatively new kid on the block (U.S.).
In all humility, when there was buzz about Cardinal Prevost, I dismissed it. I am infamously terrible at making predictions — political and papal. It’s okay, I own it.
About the Author
Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.
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