Michael Murphy, director of the Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University in Chicago, reflects on the new pope. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Here & Now ‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR’s Scott Detrow about the announcement of the new Pope Leo XIV. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a ...