This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Christopher White, the former Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. Next month, Chris will start ⁠a new position⁠ as the associate director for strategic engagement and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. Chris’s forthcoming book is, ⁠”Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy.⁠”

00:00 The first book on Pope Leo XIV?
2:42 A day in the life of a Vatican journalist
5:26 Dissecting the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV
8:16 White smoke from the Sistine Chapel after only 4 ballots
10:06 Personal encounters with Robert Prevost before he was elected Pope Leo XIV
17:02 Did Pope Francis set Robert Prevost up to become the next pope?
19:22 The rush to claim (and label) Leo XIV
21:19 What does it mean that Pope Leo wears the read mozzetta?
23:35 Did the Cardinals purposefully elect a U.S. born pope?
24:27 The most revelatory aspects of Pope Leo's life and ministry
26:15 The significance of a "younger" pope
29:09 What to look for going forward that will indicate Pope Leo's priorities

Links for further reading: 
⁠Pre-order Pope Leo XVI: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy⁠: https://store.loyolapress.com/pope-leo-xiv
⁠NCR’s Vatican correspondent to join initiative at Georgetown University : https://www.ncronline.org/news/ncrs-vatican-correspondent-join-initiative-georgetown-university
Christopher White at National Catholic Reporter: https://www.ncronline.org/authors/christopher-white

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