No one expected an American pope. Here’s the inside story of how ‘Bob’ became Pope Leo

October 2, 2026 · 7:32 pm 2 sources

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• No one expected an American pope. Here's the inside story of how 'Bob' became Pope Leo
  NPR · October 3, 2026 09:00
  When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.

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• Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.
  MarketWatch · October 2, 2026 19:32
  The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”