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A few hours after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV last year, I was standing in the courtyard of the Augustinianum, the headquarters of the Augustinian Order to which Robert Francis Prevost belongs, just a few feet from St. Peter's Basilica.
I had just finished helping out ABC News (we were, providentially, using the rooftop of the Augustinianum) and they wanted to interview me about the new pope "on the street." I was quite moved by his election and actually wept after we had finished up the coverage on the set.
It was around 9 PM, and people were already coming to the Augustinianum to snap photos of the "former home" of the new pope. One group of sisters posed by the sign affixed to the outside of the building.
Not surprisingly, in addition to many reporters, I was standing among several excited black-habited Augustinians in the courtyard.
I said to one, dressed in a clerical shirt, "Are you an Augustinian?" "Yes!" he said. "Congratulations!" I said.
An American, he was very friendly and very excited. We joked a bit about having a Jesuit pope and now an Augustinian pope.
Then I said, "Do you know him?"
He said, "Who, Bob?"
I laughed and said, "Yes, I guess: Bob."
"I've known him for 40 years," he said.
I said, "I know him a little from the Synod, and he seems wonderful, but what's he like?"
"Oh well," he said, "you know we elected him twice as Prior General: the first time because we really liked him; the second time because he had done a great job." (Being elected twice as superior general by your brothers in a religious order is some feat.)
"But what's he like?" he said, repeating my question. "Bob is smart, kind, humble, a hard worker, a great listener, quite reserved, close to the poor, and beloved by our men. Everyone loves Bob."
Then he paused.
"But he's no pushover."
I think we saw that today.
Hey @mattklewis Rubio actually stood in front of the country and said we had to bomb Iran because if Israeli bombed Iran, Iran would bomb us. That's the most ridiculous thing in the world and he said it with a straight face in front of everybody. Your guy is not @SecRubio
Of Congress and said the war is over in Iran. The Republican nominee for president and 2028 will be somebody that the orange fat ass in the White House chooses and that does not eliminate his family. He may want Ivanka. But whatever happens in 2028
Yeah and that's why the deficit is so high. Cuz people get a few extra bucks for food in this country. That has the deficit soaring and to new levels. LOL LOL LOL @AA_Millsap what a goofball
Nearly 11% of all #SNAP payments are errors and the bulk of them are overpayments. Shameful. And it's possible to fix them--SD's error rate is only 2.5%. States wasting taxpayer $$$ must be held accountable. https://t.co/idSmAAeaZo
🚨 Pakistan drops a bombshell: Netanyahu is officially a terrorist..
🔴 The Government of Pakistan has officially declared Netanyahu a terrorist and demanded that he be held accountable for war crimes against Palestinians.
The irony of Republicans controlling all branches of government while
bankrupting the country, starting a war, sending money to fraudulent programs, violating the Constitution, giving corporations immunity...
but arguing that the biggest problem we have is “stolen elections.”
Let go of it Eddie. He's a man of strong character grace and intelligence. And yes he just opened a community center for the people on the south side of Chicago. The nerve of that man. LOL LOL LOL.
You need to keep his name off of your lips because you're not worthy.
@SRuhle@SykesCharlie@esglaude you should be ashamed of yourself. We have all worked for what we have. You are not above us or below us. If I had to guess I would say you're a millionaire by now. But you know what you have been jealous of @BarackObama for way too long.
Juneteenth is both a joyous celebration and a solemn reminder that the road to justice and equality is a long one that we must all walk together. Today, let’s renew our commitment to one another that we will stay vigilant, that we will not turn back, and that we will build a future we can all truly share.
@Joe_Roberts01 Shapiro would walk away with a victory, it’d be historic margins. But the social media propagandized radicals who call themselves “socialists” will do all they can to stop him. He’s Jewish after all.
Janeese Lewis George wins D.C. mayoral primary, pledging to resist Trump’s federal control efforts and fight for the city’s autonomy.
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