Choice of first American pope surprises, inspires Hawaii Catholics

The Rev. EJ Ikaika Resinto, pastor of Sacred Heart Church and Maryknoll School, was on Kauai for a funeral Thursday when he heard the announcement that Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected as the first U.S. pope in the history of the papacy.

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