Greg Garrison
Reporter at AL.com
Reporter for https://t.co/ohh08GYlwT since 1997 and The Birmingham News since 1986, writing news and features on the South: culture, politics and faith. @aldotcom. @mujschool.
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Birmingham bishop calls U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV ‘shepherd for God’s people during global uncertainty’
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al.com | Greg Garrison
Bishop Steven J. Raica, head of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham, reacted to the election of the first U.S.-born pope, calling it a surprise gift of a shepherd through a time of global uncertainty. “With profound joy and heartfelt gratitude, we welcome the joyful news of the election of His Eminence Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, O.S.A., as the new Bishop of Rome—our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV,” Raica said in a released statement. “It is, indeed, a surprise, one filled with grace.
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5 days ago |
usnews.com | Greg Garrison |Sebastian Oliveira |Mark Evitt
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al.com | Greg Garrison
Alabama Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile reacted to the stunning first election of a U.S.-born pope by highlighting traits the new Pope Leo XIV brings as the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. “It’s a day to rejoice and it is certainly a historic day for our Church and our country with the naming of the first American pope,” Rodi said. “Pope Leo XIV is known as a man of sound judgement, humility and strength,” Rodi said.
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6 days ago |
al.com | Greg Garrison
The new Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham, just north of Uptown and Top Golf, is nearing completion in time for its first concerts next month on the former campus of the demolished former Carraway Methodist Medical Center. “It used to be the state’s No. 1 trauma center,” said Jay Wilson, who oversees concerts for Live Nation in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. “Now it’s going to be the state’s No. 1 place to rock and roll.”Wilson gave a preview tour of the new facility to media on Thursday.
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6 days ago |
al.com | Greg Garrison
In a startling turn of events, the first U.S.-born pope has been elected. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who grew up in Chicago in the 1960s, will be called Pope Leo XIV. He was formerly a bishop in Peru. The new pope, elected at the Vatican today, will be introduced to a crowd at St. Peter’s Square as the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. His native language is English, but he also speaks fluent Italian and Spanish.
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Not only is the Pope a White Sox fan from Chicago, he was at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series and TV cameras showed him as a nervous Sox fan fidgeting in the stands in the 9th inning on the national broadcast.
The Pope was really on the TV during the White Sox World Series in 2005😳 https://t.co/iW40glGNhw
Birmingham bishop calls U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV ‘shepherd for God’s people during global uncertainty’ https://t.co/aLVOoi1gFy
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