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Pope in Angola will face contrast of boom in faith, poverty, corruption

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U.S.-Vatican relations

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

A new pope from the United States

Nov 20, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis with his wife Melania and daughter Ivanka on May 24, 2017. (Credit: Evan Vucci/Pool/AP.)

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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, gestures during a Nov. 15, 2022, news conference after being elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the fall general assembly of the bishops in Baltimore. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)

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Pope captures hard truth: American Catholics destined to be ‘politically homeless’

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A modest proposal for choosing the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican

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Pope in Angola will face contrast of boom in faith, poverty, corruption

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