Joe Barrett
National Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Senior Midwest correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. I cover infrastructure and the environment as well as odd happenings. I also have a bunch of guitars.
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5 days ago |
tovima.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
The rising cost of ice cream means that a simple indulgence for a couple—whether in the city or on an island—could now cost up to 12 euros. The wave of price hikes has not spared Greece’s favorite summer delight, as the cost of a single scoop of ice cream edges closer to 3 euros with the arrival of the warmer months. Confectioners report that the surge in raw material costs has been especially harsh on chocolate, which has seen its price skyrocket by 80%.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
In selecting Prevost, the Conclave appears to be betting that his mixed identity—a Pope both of America and the world—will serve him well as leader of a global church trying to navigate a time of turmoil and transition. Its center of gravity is increasingly spread across a distant periphery, including Latin America, where Prevost enjoys popularity and strong relationships.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
In selecting Prevost, the conclave appears to be betting that his mixed identity—a pope both of America and the world—will serve him well as leader of a global church trying to navigate a time of turmoil and transition. Its center of gravity is increasingly spread across a distant periphery, including Latin America, where Prevost enjoys popularity and strong relationships.
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5 days ago |
tovima.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
Onetime math major seen as more measured than Francis; ‘an olive branch to the more conservative wing’When Catholic cardinals broke with convention and elected the first American pope in the church’s nearly 2,000-year history, they settled on a Chicagoan who has spent much of his adult life abroad. Robert Prevost, the cardinal who emerged on the Vatican balcony on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV, lived and worked in Peru as a missionary and parish priest—so long he eventually obtained dual citizenship.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
Despite billionaire’s frugal ways, his presence pumps up local economy, drawing tourists and packing annual conventionsBuffett’s presence here has for decades created its own economic weather. Tens of thousands of people gather in Omaha for the company’s annual investor conference, which alone pumps at least $22 million into the local economy. The Buffett mystique draws curious tourists year-round, too. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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I visited some newly holy sites in Chicagoland for this story. The new pope’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., and the family’s parish on the far south side: https://t.co/lfAB480cLZ
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