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Pope Leo XIV signals intention to walk in Francis' footsteps

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      Timothy M. Dolan
      This is what gives us hope; not a political programme or a communicative strategy but the concrete testimony of the Gospel,
      International Business Times AU
      said Dolan
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      We kind of knew from the start, he’s going to go into the priesthood,
      CNN
      Louis said
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      He knew at such a young age that this is what he wanted. No one was going to talk him out of it,
      CNN
      John Prevost said
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      I don’t think the fact that Cardinal Prevost was from the United States had much weight. It should not startle us that we would look to Pope Leo as a bridge builder. That’s what the Latin word ‘pontiff’ means,
      CNN
      Dolan said
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      Why did he choose Leo XIV as his name? Because you can say that Leo XIII was very sensitive of the social needs of society and how the church can help with that,
      CNN
      Farfán said in Spanish
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      If you’re privileged to work in another culture, other than the one you were raised in, you have to change,
      CNN
      Tobin said
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      And I think Bob has had – or Pope Leo – has had that,
      CNN
      Tobin said, inadvertently referring to the new pope by his former name
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      Erin Burnett
      I knew of him, but I thought – eh, one of the peripheral guys,
      CNN
      he told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Friday
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      When I heard his name, she started screaming,
      CNN
      John said
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      When we dropped him off for freshman year of high school, the drive home was very sad,
      CNN
      he said
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      Will he want to build bridges to Donald Trump? I suppose, but he would want to build bridges with the leader of every nation. So, I don’t think at all my brother cardinals would have thought of him as a counterweight to any one person,
      CNN
      he said
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      I chose to take the name Leo XIV" because his late namesake "addressed the social question in the context of the first great Industrial Revolution." ... Today, the Church's social teaching is needed "in response to another Industrial Revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labor,
      Le Monde
      Leo added
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      You, dear cardinals, are the closest collaborators of the pope. This has proved a great comfort to me in accepting a yoke clearly far beyond my own limited powers, as it would be for any of us,
      CNN
      Leo added
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      Pope Leo I
      It has been clearly seen in the example of so many of my predecessors, and most recently by Pope Francis himself, with his example of complete dedication to service and to sober simplicity of life, his abandonment to God throughout his ministry and his serene trust at the moment of his return to the Father’s house,
      CNN
      Pope Leo told the gathering
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      Giovanni Battista Cicala
      Your presence reminds me that the Lord, who has entrusted me with this mission, will not leave me alone in bearing its responsibility,
      CNN
      he said, also specifically thanking Dean of the College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re and the Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, who was responsible for shepherding the church through the papal transition
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      Seán Brady (cardinal)
      He listened very carefully, but he knows he's going to have to make the decisions,
      CNBC
      Irish Cardinal Sean Brady told Reuters
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      Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth,
      The New York Times
      Leo said, referring to the document, called Evangelii Gaudium
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      The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the people of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.”
      Time
      Rather, it was inspired by the last document of the Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes whose first, immortal words echo so prophetically today
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      The Holy See Press Office announced the upcoming schedule for the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. His inaugural Mass will be held in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May 18 at 10 am Rome time,
      Kenyans.co.ke
      Vatican News stated
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      It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Trump said in a statement