{"id":68533,"date":"2025-11-11T08:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=68533"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:58:00","slug":"vatican-sponsored-pope-leo-xiv-doc-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/vatican-sponsored-pope-leo-xiv-doc-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican-Sponsored Pope Leo XIV Doc Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Editor, November 10, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 10th, the Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@vaticannews?si=uXv6nNCyUecbnVlL\">released a documentary<\/a> on the first American pope, titled \u201cLeo From Chicago.\u201d It features interviews with family, former teachers and classmates who, judging by the trailer, all have unique but uniformly glowing remarks on the man they all know well as Bob Prevost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLeo From Chicago\u201d follows on the heels of another early doc, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-KQ5h6Lk9-I?si=Koe0y36SXQ6xaG_B\">Le\u00f3n de Per\u00fa<\/a>\u201d which covered his many years spent missioning in that country. This latest offering marks the 6-month anniversary of Leo XIV&#8217;s papacy, which has thus far been mostly cautious and measured. Early remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/letters\/2025.html\">letters<\/a> and one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/apost_exhortations.index.html\">apostolic exhortation<\/a> show consistency with Pope Francis on many fundamental matters including concern for the poor, migrants, ethical use of AI and climate change. 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