US cardinals say Pope Leo XIV election was not about Trump
From left, U.S. Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, and Timothy Dolan of NY, attend a press conference at the North American College in Rome, Friday, May 9, 2025, one day after U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship was not a large factor in the decision.
