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Here's what a Franciscan University professor in Baton Rouge thinks of Pope Leo XIV

David Whidden, Ph.D., professor of theology and vice president for mission at Franciscan University in Baton Rouge, specializes in systematic and historical theology. He has taught on a wide variety ...
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'Our first American Pope': Conservative, progressive Catholics in LA see hope in Leo XIV

He is American, born and raised in Chicago. He is a naturalized Peruvian, following decades of ministry there. He is an acolyte of the progressive Pope Francis — though he also holds more traditional ...