

The New York Times
May 09, 2025
Kathleen Cummings, author of “A Saint of Our Own” and the head of a center on U.S. Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, said the Vatican should wait at least 20 years before allowing Francis’ cause to proceed, giving historians enough time to do their work.
The Guardian
May 09, 2025
OPINION: By Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. She is a core faculty member of the Keough School’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
The Washington Post
May 09, 2025
John McGreevy, a historian of Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, said he thought new pope Robert Prevost’s choice of name, Leo XIV, and the fact that he was a math major are significant. Pope Leo XIII — the best known Pope Leo — was focused on the reconciliation of religion and science.
Axios
May 09, 2025
Arun Agrawal, a Notre Dame professor of development policy, offered initial thoughts on the new American pope while cautioning that it's early days. "[W]e can expect some continuity but we should also expect both innovation and new ideas to come from the new Pontiff as he leads the Vatican to address sustainability challenges," he said via email.
Bloomberg
Audio
May 09, 2025
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Los Angeles US Attorney making a plea deal with a former sheriff's deputy after he was convicted by a jury.
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