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Pope Leo XIV is greeted by Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri at the foot of Capitoline Hill, in Rome, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Leo said he felt the “serious but passionate responsibility” to serve all Romans during the Holy Year and beyond.
Wearing his formal red papal cape and brocaded stole, Leo recalled the words he had uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on the night of his election. The Augustinian pope quoted St. Augustine in saying: “With you I am Christian, and for you, bishop.”“By special title, today I can say that for you and with you I am Roman!” Leo said.The former Robert Prevost succeeded
, the first Latin American pope. Francis died April 21 and is buried at, near the icon of the Madonna known as the Salus Populi Romani.
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with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70.
The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided.“Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie,” the band said in a statement. “His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable.”
The self-proclaimed “rock & roll survivalist” started playing the drums when he was 14 in his school orchestra but was kicked out for playing too loud, according to Blondie’s website. In the 1970’s, he answered a band’s ad in the Village Voice seeking a “freak energy” rock drummer, kicking off his decades-long career with lead singer Debbie Harry and the rest of his Blondie bandmates.The band recorded its first album in 1976 and by the following year was touring with such icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It became known as the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones.