The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from around the world.
Pope Leo XIV had deleted his old, personal social media accounts, which featured posts that criticized the Trump administration.
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.
The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland parishes, including in the north suburbs of Morton Grove, Park Ridge,
Something like this is a nice little shot in the arm for the organization,” said chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks Boyer.
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Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis.
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Pope Leo XIV's brother told "Uncensored" host Piers Morgan that the new pope will defend Church tradition and he would not describe him as "woke."