Tom Watling
Foreign Affairs Reporter at The Independent
Foreign affairs reporter for The Independent. Chalk Circle Story Winner. Focusing on the war in Ukraine
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Robert Prevost: How the former Bishop of Chicago with deep ties to South America rose to become Pope
4 days ago |
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Tom Watling |Mike Bedigan
The Chicago-born cardinal-bishop, known by friends as Bob, became the 267th pope — the first time in the Church’s 2,000-year history that an American has been appointed to lead it. Prevost — who has joint Peruvian citizenship and spent years living and working in the South American country — has chosen to be known as Leo XIV. As Bishop of Chicago, the 69-year-old pontiff once oversaw the largest Archdiocese in North America.
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5 days ago |
independentespanol.com | Tom Watling
León XIV, antiguo cardenal Robert Prevost, salió al balcón de la basílica de San Pedro el jueves por la noche como 267º pontífice, tras cuatro rondas de votaciones durante el cónclave. El aliado del difunto papa Francisco, de 69 años y nacido en Chicago, no fue elevado a cardenal hasta 2023, pero su prestigio entre los candidatos a papa se había disparado en las semanas posteriores a la muerte de su predecesor.
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5 days ago |
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Tom Watling
Tom Watling9 de mayo de 2025, 12:10 p.m.·3 min de lecturaDurante los días previos a la votación secreta en el Vaticano que lo convertiría en el primer jefe estadounidense de la Iglesia católica, el papa León XIV vio la película Cónclave para saber qué esperar, reveló su hermano. León XIV, antiguo cardenal Robert Prevost, salió al balcón de la basílica de San Pedro el jueves por la noche como 267º pontífice, tras cuatro rondas de votaciones durante el cónclave.
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msn.com | Tom Watling
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5 days ago |
independent.co.uk | Tom Watling
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) say they have made the Vatican well aware of the then-Cardinal Robert Prevost’s reported inaction on allegations of sexual assault against minors by priests in his church Tom Watling Pope Leo has been accused of failing to properly investigate allegations of child sexual abuse against priests in his churches in Chicago and Peru.
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