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Leo started to emerge as a front-runner for the papacy in the days before the start of the conclave, according to the Rev. James Martin, a papal contributor to ABC News.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 May 2025
But news that Prevost, a 1977 Villanova graduate who is now known as Pope Leo XIV, had ascended to the papacy still dominated conversations among students and many of their parents who were on campus May 9.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Advertisement Advertisement But Prevost’s path to the papacy started many years ago and not in Rome.
—Raúl E. Zegarra, Time, 17 May 2025
But those who knew him as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 11 May 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 May 2025
But news that Prevost, a 1977 Villanova graduate who is now known as Pope Leo XIV, had ascended to the papacy still dominated conversations among students and many of their parents who were on campus May 9.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Advertisement Advertisement But Prevost’s path to the papacy started many years ago and not in Rome.
—Raúl E. Zegarra, Time, 17 May 2025
But those who knew him as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 11 May 2025
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“The papacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20papacy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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