American Pope Signals Planned U.S. Visit, NBC Interview Reveals

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Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, told NBC News he hopes to visit the United States within the next two years but offered no dates or destinations, stressing his universal mission while highlighting his American roots and Chicago upbringing, and addressing his Creole heritage and family history related to slavery as part of his perspective on the United States.
- Pope Leo Shares Plans to Visit the United States with NBC News TODAY.com
- Pope Leo says his ancestors were both ‘slaves and slave owners’ CNN
- Pope Leo calls himself pontiff who ‘happens to be American’ The Guardian
- Pope Leo tells NBC News his ancestors included immigrants, enslaved people and slaveholders NBC News
- Pope Leo XIV: I still have a great love for America EWTN News
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