Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, was selected to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Donald Trump reconsides the increase in taxes on the highest winners in the country. And a 300 -miles from Oregon coast is showing signs of Emera soon.
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Papa Leo XIV from Chicago’s Way to the Vatican
There is a new Pope in the Vatican: Leo XIV.
He is the first American Pope, originally from Chicago-E, according to his brother, A fan of White Sox. More recently, Leo, born in Robert Francis Prevost, was the head of the Tipstery responsible for the appointment of the bishops and the Archbishop Emeritus of Chiclayo, Peru.
After the white smoke rose yesterday morning from the Sistine Chapel, the new Pope Leo XIV received a cheerful multitude of about 150,000 people from the St. Peter’s Basilica Porch. Your first public words: “Peace be with you all.” Notably, Leo went to his herd in Spanish and Italian, but not in his native English.
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“USA! USA! USA!” He sounded throughout the Vatican city after the new Pope was announced. Despite the emotion, the reaction between the Americans who spoke to NBC News It was a mix of pride and surprise stunned.
The fact that Leo is American goes against conventional wisdom, which maintained that the US has enough power in the world already. But Leo has spent much of his life outside the United States, so he is also considered to have a global perspective. It has a Peruvian passport, as well as its Americans and the Vatican. In addition to English, Italian and Spanish, he also speaks French and Portuguese and reads Latin and German.
He Leaded his first mass as pontiff this morning In several languages, asking the church to show humility, becoming “small” not to obscure the glory of Christ.
The Pontiff emphasized that the missionary reach of the Catholic Church around the world was “desperately necessary” by condemning “the neglect of mercy, terrible violations of human dignity, the family crisis, and so many other wounds that afflict our society.”
The new Pope is widely considered moderate and indicated that he favors a pastoral approach to the doctrinal dogma. In public statements, Leo, 69, often echoed Pope Francis with requests to “reach the poor, the most needy, to the banks.” Your footprint on -line It has shown it to express support for the reform and immigration of weapons, but indicating some disagreement with President Donald Trump and Vice -President JD Vance.
As a boy, growing on the south side of Chicago, Leo was recognized as “only godly” by his elementary school classmates. He attended a school seminar in Michigan and obtained a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at the University of Villanova.
In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught the canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Chiclayo Diocese and later the bishop of Chiclayo. For a little more than a decade, Predost was back in Chicago and named the leader of the middle of the Agostinian order. Pope Francis promoted him to the archbishop in 2023 and made him a cardinal a year later.
He faced at least two accusations that he did not investigate abuse allegations while in leadership positions in Chicago and Peru.
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- Follow our blog live For more reaction and updates, while Pope Leo XIV leads his first mass.
- The Pontiff inherits a packed trayfrom a world in flames to scandals of sexual abuse.
- See photos of nuns From all over the world gathering inside and around St. Peter’s square to witness the story.
Trump suggests increasing taxes on rich
Trump, the President of the pression, Mike Johnson, to raise the tax rate on the highest and close the so -called interest breach, two 11 -hour requests that add a new wrinkle to the House’s efforts to reach an agreement and vote to the huge package of the president’s agenda. With the House Republicans struggling to make mathematics work for their huge law, leadership is now reconsidering their options.
A republican source said Trump is considering allowing the rate of individuals who earn $ 2.5 million or more annually reversing 37% to pre-2017 39.6% to protect Medicaid and help pay for working and medium-class tax cuts. Last month, Trump opposed the idea of increasing taxes on millionaires, saying it would be “disruptive.” Read the full story here.
Also complicating Johnson’s effort to approve Trump’s agenda: a New York House republican group, which yesterday They rejected what they called a “insult” offer On how to expand the deduction of state and local taxes, known as salt. They want to raise the limit of $ 10,000 imposed by Trump’s tax laws in 2017, but Johnson and the House’s Ways and Means committee proposed a limit of $ 30,000.
More policy news:
- The US is working to Ending a trade agreement with the United Kingdomwhich should see the tasks of reduced car imports from 27.5% to 10%, while all tariffs on steel imports will be discarded. The United Kingdom in return is decreasing commercial barriers in imports of US beef and ethanol.
- Trump dismissed the congressional librarianCarla Hayden, who was the first woman and the first Afro -American to play the role. Trump too dismissed the head of acting of FemaCameron Hamilton. Both the dismissals of Hayden and Hamilton occurred after they witnessed to Congress this week.
- Trump Jeanine Named Pirroa Fox News host who pressured conspiracy theories about Trump’s loss of elections in 2020, as an interim US lawyer for Washington, DC, early yesterday, Trump withdrew the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin.
- Trump’s struggle against the Houthis supported by Iran has cost America more than $ 1 billion since March, but success It has been difficult to measure.
- Of changes to traditional meeting hours and frequent appearances in professional sporting events, some critics of FBI director Kash Patel are worried that he is not taking work seriously enough.
FAA announces the next changes in the sequence of criticism
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a three -year plan to modernize air traffic control systems and eliminate outdated technology. The review occurs after increasing pressure on the federal government to address a recent series of fatal accidents, ongoing delays, and a recent communication blackout near Newark airport, during which air traffic controllers temporarily lost contact with pilots.
Some of the changes include the replacement of analog technology of decades and legacy radios, as well as building six new ATC centers “for the first time since” in the 1960s, FAA said. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced the changes alongside the main republican and Democrat in the House Transport and Infrastructure Committee, which promised a bipartisan effort to increase efficiency. “We don’t want the effort to cover generations,” said one. Read the full story here.
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- President Trump paused for luxury British automakers like Rolls-Royce, but threatened more tariffs in Mattel Toys after the company’s CEO said he doesn’t see the company moving to the US
- The fan of Pittsburgh Pirates, who fell 20 feet in the field Said that “broke everything” in their first public comments since the incident.
Team choice: Signs a underwater volcano soon can erup
About 300 kilometers from the coast of Oregon and about a kilometer deep, a volcano, known as axial amount, is showing signs of life of life. As Science Reporter Denise Chow writes, scientists have recorded an increase in close earthquakes, and the structure itself is constantly swelling, a revealing sign that it is filled with melted rock. Current forecasts foresee an eruption at any time between now and the end of the year.
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