‘New hope’ for new Pope, local bishops react to Pope Leo

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — For the first time in history, the Catholic church has a pope from the United States of America.

Pope Leo XIV was announced as the 267th Pope at the Vatican after just five ballots.

“Anytime there is a new beginning, there’s new enthusiasm, new joy, new hope,” Bishop Joseph Siegel of the Catholic Diocese of Evansville said…

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