Cardinal Dolan on Pope Leo: It Was to His Advantage that He Wasn’t Talked About

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DOLAN: "I think it was to his advantage that he wasn’t talked about. I think it was to his advantage that he was a guy who didn’t identify with anyone, trend or style, within the college of cardinals. I think it was to his advantage that they didn’t really know he was from the United States. They didn’t even know where he was from. They just thought he was a citizen of the world, as we're citizens of the world to come, not here. I think that was to his advantage, Curt. So while you will understand I can’t talk about the details and the intricacies of the conclave itself. let’s just say that when — before we went in, I’m thinking that a lot of of my brother cardinals shared my esteem for him simply because he seemed to have come from nowhere. Remember when they said about Jesus and the Gospel, after his first miracle and sermon, the people said, 'Who’s this guy? Where'd he come from? We kind of like him. We want to get to know him better.' That seemed to be what characterized Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo."