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Pope Leo and Trump are the most powerful Americans, but lead in different roles and realms

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Chicago -born Pope Leo XIV is the first U.S.-born pope to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics .

The prospect of too much American power in geopolitics is widely considered one reason that the Catholic Church had not elected an American to the papacy across the country’s nearly 250-year history.

Leo is at odds with the administration on such policy issues as immigration and the environment.

Pope Leo did not mention his American roots during his first speech, nor did he speak in English .

He is expected to wield power differently — to the neediest people first , for example, whereas Trump cut off American aid.

Leo’s decades in Peru can give him a broader view of humanity and power, and religion and politics.

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77

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78

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26

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semi-formal

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English

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51

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not offensive

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short-lived

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