{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/68237ee475c05d72cf65d247?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"An American in the Vatican","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1747156412171-4bf3d7ca-e0b5-421a-941c-53e1832f7cc6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For the first time, the Conclave of cardinals at the Vatican have elected an American pope.</p><p><br></p><p>Pope Leo XIV has ascended to the papacy following the death of his modernising predecessor, Pope Francis.</p><p><br></p><p>Katie Stallard is joined by writer Madoc Cairns and the New Statesman’s Finn McRedmond to discuss Francis’s legacy and Leo’s future.</p><p><br></p><p>Read: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/religion/2025/04/pope-franciss-illusions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Francis's illusions</a></p><p>Read: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/religion/2025/05/pope-leo-xivs-centrist-papacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Leo XIV's centrist papacy</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}