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Marco Rubio
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Rerum Novarum
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Pope Leo XIV

Rubio, Leo, and the future of the GOP

Rubio could be positioned to bring the pope's economic teachings back home to the U.S. - but will he do it?

Michelle La Rosa
May 21, 2025
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Pillar subscribers can listen to this analysis here: The Pillar TL;DR

Two weeks ago, the first American pope stepped out on the loggia overlooking St. Peter’s Square, taking the name Leo XIV.

He would later explain that he chose that name largely out of a desire to take the principles laid out by the last Pope Leo in Rerum Novarum and examine how they app…

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