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LA HR175
Resolution
Status
5/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alonzo Knox
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AI Summary
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Commends Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) on becoming the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, making him the first pope from the United States
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Commemorates Pope Leo XIV's Creole lineage and ancestral ties to New Orleans' 7th Ward through his maternal grandmother; his great-grandmother was baptized at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter
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Expresses support for the canonization of Venerable Henriette DeLille, a Creole woman from the Tremé neighborhood who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family
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Notes that Cardinal Prevost served as an American missionary in Peru and was appointed president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and made a cardinal in 2023
Legislative Description
Commends Pope Leo XIV on his ascension to the papacy, commemorates his Creole lineage and ancestral ties to the 7th Ward of New Orleans, and expresses support for the canonization of Venerable Henriette DeLille
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Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
5/16/2025