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Reason
Ilya Somin

Pope Leo XIV and Immigration

Cardinal Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV). (Vatican Media)

 

I did not expect an American Pope. I thought there was a norm against it, by virtue of the Church wanting to avoid being led by a citizen of the world's most powerful nation. But either I was wrong, or the norm has faded. Today, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope, taking the name of Leo XIV.

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