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Ambassador Francis Rooney Discusses His Close Friend, Pope Leo XIV
Season 2025, Ep. 8.7
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Francis Rooney, United States Ambassador to the Holy See, appointed by President George W. Bush, and author of The Global Vatican, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about his close friend, and America’s first Pope, Leo XIV.
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