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May 9, 2025

Paul Elie Identifies Challenges Pope Leo XIV Will Face

Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes for the New Yorker about his hope that Pope Leo XIV will be a "pontiff of peace" as the world faces what his predecessor Pope Francis called "a third world war in pieces." Elie also contributed to the New Yorker's daily newsletter shortly after Pope Leo was elected and joined the New Yorker's Critics at Large podcast to discuss his recent reporting from the Vatican on the historic election of Pope Leo.

Jose Casanova speaking at an event

May 9, 2025

José Casanova on the First American To Be Chosen as Pope

Senior Fellow José Casanova joined other Georgetown University experts to reflect on the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as Pope Leo XIV—the first American to lead the Catholic Church in its nearly 2,000-year-old history.

Paul Elie speaking at an event

May 6, 2025

Paul Elie Reflects on Pope Francis' Last Grand Gathering

Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes in Vanity Fair about a remarkable photograph the Jesuit priest and author Rev. James Martin, S.J., took at the Vatican synod in October 2024. Elie describes the photo as an image of the Catholic future that Pope Francis brought near—and that the next pope ought to carry forward.

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