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‘The pope is a Midwesterner:’ Wisconsinites react to announcement of first American pope
The Most Rev. Jeffrey Haines, the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, said it’s exciting to know that Pope Leo XIV grew up just miles from Milwaukee. “We don’t know, he might like custard,” Haines joked.
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