Bishop of Charlotte had hour-long meeting with Cardinal Prevost on April 1, held press conference May 8 to share the joyful news

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Bishop Martin ‘thrilled’ about new Pope Leo XIV
CHARLOTTE — When Bishop Michael Martin met April 1 with Cardinal Robert Prevost in Rome, he had no idea he was sitting down to talk with a future pope.
On Thursday, Bishop Martin said he is thrilled that the Chicago-born cardinal – now known as Pope Leo XIV – had become the 267
“I’m very surprised – I never would have dreamt that we would see a pope born in the United States in my lifetime,” Bishop Martin said. “I admit that as I was sitting there watching him walk out onto the loggia, I was very shocked. At the same time, I knew he had been considered, and at least in my dealings with him I felt he certainly had the qualifications for it and has had experiences in diverse parts of the world that allow him to bring to this position a unique blessing that I think we’re going to see very quickly.”
Bishop Martin’s meeting with Cardinal Prevost came in the pope’s former capacity as the Vatican’s head of the …