Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo

Gandolfo wrote for The Conversation: Pope Leo XIV’s election marks a historic moment: the first pope from an English-speaking country, and the first from the United States. Even more significant than these “firsts,” I believe, is a “second:” Leo follows in Pope Francis’ footsteps as a priest shaped by the Latin American church. … A key inspiration for that legacy, however, is the witness of Latin American Christians whose blood has been shed for justice, peace and the environment.