{"id":17688,"date":"2025-07-18T00:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17688\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:54:10","slug":"new-book-shines-light-on-pope-leo-xivs-journey-to-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17688\/","title":{"rendered":"New book shines light on Pope Leo XIV’s journey to the Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book <\/p>\n

CHICAGO – A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of becoming Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

In one passage, Prevost, upon realizing he is about to cross the threshold to receive the nomination, puts his head in his hands. A fellow cardinal notices his distress and offers him a piece of candy he had smuggled into the Vatican.<\/p>\n

“Pope Leo XIV” traces Prevost\u2019s path from Chicago to Chiclayo, Peru, and eventually to the upper echelons of power in the Vatican. The book offers a rare glimpse into the secretive conclave process, where cardinals confer and cast secret ballots to select the new leader of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

The book’s author, longtime national Catholic reporter Christopher White, also touches on Leo’s roots in Dolton and how Prevost always considered Chicago’s South Side a home base that he would return to many times in his life.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the book, follow this link<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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