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Even with Pope Leo XIV in place, US Catholics stand ‘at a crossroads’

  • Written by Maureen K. Day, Research Fellow, Center for Religion and Civic Culture and Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageParishioners attend a memorial Mass in honor of Pope Francis at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on April 21, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Shortly after 6 P.M. in Rome, the longed-for sight appeared above the Sistine Chapel: white smoke.

Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the...

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