The Daily

An American Pope

The world’s 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, and for the first time, he is from America.Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief of The New York Times, introduces us to Pope Leo XIV.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jason-horowitz" target="_blank">Jason Horowitz</a>, the Rome bureau chief of The New York TimesBackground reading: Who is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html" target="_blank">Pope Leo XIV</a>?The first American pope <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-robert-francis-prevost.html" target="_blank">took a global route to the role</a>.For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
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