Two Books Reframe the Conclave Behind Pope Leo XIV’s Election
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Two new books offer competing, heavily sourced portraits of the conclave that elected the US-born Pope Leo XIV: one uses Vatican archives to show how American fundraising and cardinals shaped the race, while the other uses exclusive interviews to detail private dinners, vote shifts, and the rise of Cardinal Robert Prevost, all amid ongoing Vatican politics and Beijing tensions.
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