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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Catholic assemblage successful Fresno is celebrating the quality of Pope Leo XIV.
For the archetypal clip successful its 2,000-year history, the Catholic Church has named an American Pope.
"I felt truthful overmuch joyousness successful my heart. And I was conscionable precise excited," Angelica Luquin said.
Pope Leo XIV is the archetypal American to pb the Roman Catholic Church.
"It's a blessing. And it was a call. And to bring, you know, the connection of God into the country, of the United States of America," Lauro Platas Jr. said.
Communications Director with the Diocese of Fresno, Chandler Marquez, was successful Rome to get each the action.
"We're lasting connected apical of the Vatican and the Vatican shaking, conscionable to spot and to consciousness the excitement of the radical was really, truly cool," Marquez said.
He says having an American Pope, calved successful Chicago, brings a consciousness of familiarity.
"One of the archetypal questions that came to my caput is I wonderment if he's a Cubs instrumentality oregon a White Sox fan. Right. So, to beryllium capable to subordinate to the pope connected a idiosyncratic level similar that arsenic an American is truly cool," Marquez said.
Back successful Fresno, radical are acceptable for a caller beginning.
"I'm precise excited, arsenic a Catholic, arsenic a Christian," Linda Bencomo said.
"It's thing emotional, thing breathtaking and conscionable precise blessed that we yet person a caller pope aft the nonaccomplishment of Pope Francis," Luquin said.
