HOUSTON - Cardinal DiNardo is reflecting on the recently-concluded conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. Speaking to FOX 26 by phone from Rome, DiNardo allows some surprise that cardinals elected an American to be Pope, but that Cardinal Robert Prevost (now Leo XIV) appeared notably in conversation.

He says this gathering was more challenging than the first one he participated in. He says the hardest work came in conversations and meetings among cardinals, before the conclave even started. So many of them had never met each other before, so there was a lot to learn about who might be well-suited for the job.

Of the Pontiff, DiNardo says he is a completely different personality from Pope Francis, but he expects a compassionate and effective Holy Father to lead the Church.

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