The 69-year-old is the primary cardinal from US to steer the world’s largest Christian Church.
A brand new pope has been elected – the primary from the USA to steer the Roman Catholic Church.
However the establishment is split between progressives and traditionalists, in a world polarised by battle and widening political division.
So, what position would possibly Pope Leo XIV play inside his church and on the world political stage?
Presenter: James Bays
Visitors:
Stan Chu Ilo – Analysis professor of world Catholicism at DePaul College and president of Pan-African Catholic Community.
Joanne Pierce – Professor emerita on the Division of Spiritual Research at Faculty of the Holy Cross
Neil Thorns – Director of advocacy and communications on the Catholic Company for Abroad Growth (CAFOD)
