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- Pope Leo XIV called the bank to change phone number.
- The bank told him to appear in person and hung up when he said he was pope.
- Rev. Tom McCarthy confirmed the incident during a Catholic gathering in Naperville, Illinois.
- The Vatican and its spokesperson did not comment or return a request for comment.
- The dispute was resolved after another priest with a connection to the bank’s president intervened.
