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Whiteville Pastor shares Seminary history With Pope Leo XIV

Summary by WWAY TV
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) — A Columbus County priest has a personal connection to the newly elected pope — one that began more than 30 years ago. Father Fernando Meléndez is the pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Whiteville. He met Pope Leo XIV in the late 1980s while studying for the priesthood in Trujillo, Peru. At the time, Pope Leo was known as Father Robert Prevost. He was one of Meléndez’s instructors at a seminary. “He got on …
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WWAY TV broke the news in on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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