Episode Synopsis "‘Shocked!’: D.C. Catholics share their initial reactions to the first American pope"

Priests and parishioners gathered at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in downtown D.C. the afternoon of the announcement of Pope Leo XIV.

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