Stockholm, May 9, 2025 (AFP) - Swedish cardinal hails Pope Leo, takes dig at Trump

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Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius, who took part in the conclave to elect the Catholic Church's new pope, hailed Leo XIV on Friday as "gentle and humble" -- and very "unlike" US President Donald Trump. "Many people reacted to the fact that we have an American pope for the first time," Arborelius wrote in a statement the day after Leo XIV's election. He described Pope Leo, whose real name is Robert Prevost, as a "gentle and humble person" who was......

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