White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

What do we make of Pope Leo XIV, the "Latin Yankee" and first from the United States?

Plus, After 100 Days, What We Should Prepare Ourselves For?

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Robert P. Jones
May 08, 2025
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Dear #WhiteTooLong readers:

The big news of the day is the surprise selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th pope. Now known officially as Pope Leo XIV—but colloquially in Rome as “the Latin Yankee” because of his dual U.S. and Peruvian citizenship—he today became the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Although he is a nati…

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