EPISODE · Jul 9, 2025 · 17 MIN
A Look at the First American Pope
from Radio Worcester’s Talk of the Commonwealth · host stolzhank
Insight on the first American Pope from Ambassador Francis Rooney . Rooney is a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, appointed by President George W. Bush. He is also the author of a book titled "The Global Vatican" about diplomacy and the U.S.-Holy See relationship. Rooney has a personal relationship with the new Pope, having known him when he was Father Bob and served on the board of an Augustinian school in Tulsa.
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