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Pope Leo Xiv's Father Took Part in the Normandy Landings • All the Most Important Things

Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, took part in the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, and his military service was reconstructed based on documents by the Italian Catholic television station Tv2000. The article "Pope Leo XIV's father took part in the Normandy landings" comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.
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Pope Leo XIV's father served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in the landing of Normandy, as reported on Tuesday, August 19, the television of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI). The pontiff, of American and Peruvian nationality, also has Spanish descent from his mother, Mildred Martínez, whose roots go back to the town of Isla, in the province of Cantabria, in the north of Spain. Documents released by the …

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Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, took part in the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, and his military service was reconstructed based on documents by the Italian Catholic television station Tv2000. The article "Pope Leo XIV's father took part in the Normandy landings" comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.

Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, participated in the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, and his military service was reconstructed based on documents by the Italian Catholic television station TV2000. Born in Chicago in 1920, Louis Marius Prevost decided to join the Navy in 1942. Documents concerning his service were provided by the Episcopal Television team. The article "Pope Leo XIV's father participated in the Normandy l…

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Misyjne.pl broke the news in on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
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