US EditionChicago archbishop says Pope Leo will focus on immigration, drug trade, rising sea levels
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, becoming the first American pope at the conclave held in Rome.
- The election followed his two decades of service mainly in Peru and Rome, with cardinals reaching a decision within 24 hours among 133 electors from 70 countries.
- Archbishop Blase Cupich described Pope Leo XIV as having a global background and emphasized his commitment to continuing Pope Francis' reforms and addressing difficult issues facing the church.
- Pope Leo XIV received more than the required 89 votes, and churches were reported full as faithful heard his name mentioned in the eucharistic prayer for the first time.
- The pope’s selection signals hope for unity and a platform to maintain the church’s social justice agenda while managing internal reforms and engaging global challenges.
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Chicago archbishop says Pope Leo will focus on immigration, drug trade, rising sea levels
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s commitment and focus on immigration, climate change and human trafficking. “I think he’s going to help complete and complement our political agenda,” Cupich told ABC News’s Martha Raddatz in a “This Week” interview from the…
Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is "going to be a voice" for immigration, climate change
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he believes that Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation, as I think popes have in the modern era, to speak to the issues of the day, because we live in a world in which there are real challenges globally."
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