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Weighing Papal Words With Wisdom and Discernment
- Family, History, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- May 12, 2025
Habemus papam! We have a pope! Like other Catholics in the U.S. and around the world, I was stunned that the conclave of cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel on May 8 chose American Robert Prevost to become the next pope. For years, we’d heard that no American, at least in the foreseeable future, would
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