NEW: By electing Pope Leo XIV, some see Vatican making very American political play.
Electing Leo, one expert told me, is "a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe" — namely, against Trump and authoritarianism.
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By electing Pope Leo XIV, some see Vatican making very American political play
(RNS) — ‘The election of an American Pope, the first American Pope … there’s a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe,' said Steven Millies, a professor at C...
