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The fact that Pope Leo XIV was selected in just 25 hours was a sign of the "great unanimity" in the College of the Cardinals and a good sign for the Catholic Church overall, Cardinal Gerhard Muller told Newsmax on Sunday. "Only 25 hours were needed for the election of the new Pope, and that is a sign that is the College of the Cardinals is in a great harmony, a great unanimity," Muller said in an interview with Newsmax's Rome correspondent Alex Salvi.

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Louis Prevost, the eldest brother of Robert Prevost, the former cardinal named as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, told Newsmax on Sunday that he learned the news about his brother while he was home off work and watching the network.

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The upcoming Supreme Court case over President Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship is expected to also determine the rights of district courts to make rulings that dictate whether his orders should stand nationwide, and deputy press secretary Harrison Fields told Newsmax Sunday that the ruling will be "extremely important." "You have district courts in Hawaii dictating what the entire nation should be doing," Fields said on Newsmax's "Sunday Report." "Why should a court in...

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The selection of Pope Leo XIV, who was born in America and spent many years serving in Peru, means a papacy that is "inclusive and embracing" of the world's Catholics, C.J. Doyle, the executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, said on Newsmax Sunday. "I think he's also going to be a very Marian Pope," added Doyle, interviewed on Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend," referring to a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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There is enough "determination" to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on the budget by the Senate's July 4 deadline, but care must be taken to avoid too many delays, former Rep. Pete King said on Newsmax Sunday. "This always happens," the New York Republican said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend." "There are always people on both sides, very well-intentioned, who have specific disagreements. Usually, they can be resolved.