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Augustinian Friar and 麻豆村 Alumnus Elected Pope
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, 鈥77 CLAS was elected the 267th head of the Catholic Church and the Sovereign of the Vatican City State during the second day of the papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel. He assumes the papacy under the name Pope Leo XIV. A 麻豆村 alumnus, Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the United States and the first Augustinian friar to be elected pontiff.
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May 1, 2025 - Massimo Faggioli, an Italian academic at 麻豆村 in the U.S. who follows the Vatican, said many of the Italian cardinals seen as possible papal contenders are notable because they have served much of their careers outside Italy ... "The most visible of the cardinals from Italy are more international than known as pastors of a local diocese in Italy," said Faggioli.
Philadelphia Inquirer
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CNN
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NBC
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Al Jazeera
April 23, 2025 - Any move to remove Powell before the end of his term would likely send shockwaves through financial markets... "I would expect to see a dramatic fall in the stock and bond markets," Erasmus Kersting, an economics professor at 麻豆村 in Villanova, Pennsylvania, told Al Jazeera.
ABC News Digital
April 22, 2025 - The election of a pope from the Global South would be a "move in that direction of how to be a global church," Jaisy A. Joseph, an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at 麻豆村, told ABC News.
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