Can a US&born Pope confront ‘Americanism’? Or is it just a ‘phantom heresy’?

A pope from the United States. That was the biggest surprise on 8 May when the new pontiff, Chicago-native Robert Francis Prevost, was announced as Pope Leo XIV. But it is important not to make too much of Leo’s nationality. For one thing, Prevost hadn’t lived in the United States for decades. He was the The post Can a US-born Pope confront ‘Americanism’? Or is it just a ‘phantom heresy’? first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post Can a US-born Pope confront ‘Americanism’? Or is it just a ‘phantom heresy’? appeared first on Catholic Herald.