Cardinals elect first American pope

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM EDT

Michael Murphy, director of the Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University in Chicago, reflects on the selection of a new pope.

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