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What Pope Leo's election means for the future of the church

Season 2025 Episode 128 | 7m 53s

To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Amna Nawaz spoke with Kim Daniels, the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, and Father Tom Reese, the senior analyst for Religion News Service and author of "Inside the Vatican."

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