ABC News: Catholic Church elects its first American pope
ABC News interviews senior research fellow Michael Miller about Pope Leo XIV's announcement
Here is a short interview I did after Pope Leo was elected. I discuss his first homily where Pope Leo speaks about the fundamental question that Jesus asks to Peter - who do people say that I am?
Pope Leo explains that the during Jesus time some people thought he was irrelevant, others a charlatan, some believed he was a great moral teacher or philosopher -and the same is true today. Amidst our wealth and power Jesus is irrelevant. Or maybe a wise teacher - including some Christians
This is the fundamental question of life: Who is Jesus? Pope Leo encourages us to answer as Peter did - that Jesus is the Messiah, "the Son of the Living God"
Read his whole homily here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250509-messa-cardinali.html
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