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Pope Leo XIV Survived a Bomb Threat and Charmed Locals

As a young priest in Peru, Pope Leo XIV survived a bomb threat and charmed locals

Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing missionary from Chicago with broken Spanish, landing in Peru at a time when the country was being torn apart by internal conflict.

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A missionary pope: What Pope Leo XIV’s years in Peru tell us about how he’ll lead the church

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Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, known as the ‘saint of the north’ in Peru for his closeness to poor

Pope calls for journalists to be released from prison

He expressed solidarity with journalists who were jailed "for seeking and reporting the truth" and said their suffering "challenges the conscience of nations and the international community".

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Cheers, Chants and a ‘Dance of the Little Devils’ for Pope Leo in Peru

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HUGH HEWITT: Will Pope Leo XIV reverse the anti-American vibe from the last pope?

Pope Leo hails journalists, decries polarizing language

“We must say ‘no’ to the war of words and images. We must reject the paradigm of war,” he said.

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Retracing the early years of Pope Leo

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Leo XIV Renews Call for Peace in Meeting With Journalists

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As missionary in Peru, future pope always close to the poorest, say Augustinian sisters

Augustinian Sister Marlene Quispe of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Lima, Peru, said that as their religious brother, the future pope walked the path toward what St. Augustine of Hippo, the order’s founder, wanted: unity.

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'God loves Peru': Country celebrates new Pope as one of their own

Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, described Pope Leo as Peruvian "by choice and conviction". "The pope is Peruvian; God loves Peru," she said. Born in Chicago in 1955, he is the son of Louis Marius Prevost, of French and Italian descent, and Mildred Martinez, of Spanish descent.

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Newly elected Pope has Pennsylvania connection

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has a Pennsylvania connection. He graduated from Villanova University. Leo XIV, previously known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, graduated from Villanova in 1977,

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First American pope is a White Sox fan, Villanova grad, Peru missionary, Vatican leader

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 as he introduced himself to the world as the 266th successor to St. Peter – the first American to hold that role. His first words: “Peace be with you!”